Christopher Tozzi: 2 books
For Fun and Profit
A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
The free and open source software movement, from its origins in hacker culture, through the development of GNU and Linux, to its commercial use today.
In the 1980s, there was a revolution with far-reaching consequences—a revolution to restore software freedom. In the early 1980s, after decades...
Nationalizing France's Army
Foreign, Black, and Jewish Troops in the French Military, 1715-1831
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
By telling the story of France's noncitizen soldiers from the Old Regime through the post-Napoleonic era, this book uses the military as a lens for investigating the emergence of "the nation-state" and modern practices of citizenship during the age of revolution.