TY - SER
AU - Jacob Soll
CY - Ann Arbor, MI
LA - English
N1 - <p>Colbert (1619 –1683) served the French monarchy. Examines his collection and use of information.&nbsp;</p><p>Contents:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Between public and secret spheres : the case of Colbert </li><li>Colbert's cosmos : the expert and the rise of the modern state </li><li>The accountant and the coups d'etat </li><li>Royal accountability: Louis XIV and the golden notebooks </li><li>The rule of the informers </li><li>Managing the system: Colbert trains his son for the great intendancy </li><li>From universal library to state encyclopedia: Colbert's House of Solomon </li><li>Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Republic of Letters: the state control of knowledge </li><li>The information state in play: archives, erudition, and the affair of the regale </li><li>The system falls apart, but the state remains</li></ul>
PB - University of Michigan Press
PP - Ann Arbor, MI
PY - 2009
SN - 9780472116904
EP - 277 pp.
TI - The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Cobert's Secret State Intelligence System
ER -