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The information master : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system / Jacob Soll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soll, Jacob, 1968-
- Series:
- Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world.
- Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public administration--France--History--17th century.
- Public administration.
- Government information--France--History--17th century.
- Government information.
- Knowledge management--France--History--17th century.
- Knowledge management.
- Records--Political aspects--France--History--17th century.
- Records.
- Archives--Political aspects--France--History--17th century.
- Archives.
- Statesmen--France--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- France--Politics and government--1643-1715.
- France.
- France--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683.
- Colbert, Jean Baptiste.
- Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683--Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Between Public and Secret Spheres: The Case of Colbert; 2. Colbert's Cosmos: The Expert and the Rise of the Modern State; 3. The Accountant and the Coups d'État; 4. Royal Accountability: Louis XIV and the Golden Notebooks; 5. The Rule of the Informers; 6. Managing the System: Colbert Trains His Son for the Great Intendancy; 7. From Universal Library to State Encyclopedia: Colbert's House of Solomon; 8. Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Republic of Letters: The State Control of Knowledge; 9. The Information State in Play: Archives, Erudition, and the Affair of the Régale
- 10. The System Falls Apart, but the State RemainsNotes; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-59152-5
- 9786612591525
- 0-472-02526-0
- OCLC:
- 643805520
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