The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Cobert's Secret State Intelligence System
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2009
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Author:
Jacob Soll |
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277 pp.
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University of Michigan Press
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Ann Arbor, MI
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| ISBN |
9780472116904
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| Annotation |
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
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