Further to Ron's posting: if you really want to know about this, you should
look at my Florida colleague Harry Paul's book: "Science, Vine and Wine in
Modern France" (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996).  It's reviewed
glowingly in the March 1999 issue of the Journal of Modern History.
Best wishes,
Geoffrey Giles




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