@book{8301,
  author = {Jacob Soll},
  title = {The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Cobert's Secret State Intelligence System},
  year = {2009},
  pages = {277 pp.},
  publisher = {University of Michigan Press},
  address = {Ann Arbor, MI},
  isbn = {9780472116904},
  note = {Colbert (1619 –1683) served the French monarchy.  Examines his collection and use of information.

Contents:
Between public and secret spheres : the case of Colbert 
Colbert's cosmos : the expert and the rise of the modern state 
The accountant and the coups d'etat 
Royal accountability: Louis XIV and the golden notebooks 
The rule of the informers 
Managing the system: Colbert trains his son for the great intendancy 
From universal library to state encyclopedia: Colbert's House of Solomon 
Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Republic of Letters: the state control of knowledge 
The information state in play: archives, erudition, and the affair of the regale 
The system falls apart, but the state remains},
  language = {English},
}