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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808594103321

Autore

Soll Jacob <1968->

Titolo

The information master : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system / / Jacob Soll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-59152-5

9786612591525

0-472-02526-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world

Disciplina

944/.033092

Soggetti

Public administration - France - History - 17th century

Government information - France - History - 17th century

Knowledge management - France - History - 17th century

Records - Political aspects - France - History - 17th century

Archives - Political aspects - France - History - 17th century

Statesmen - France

France Politics and government 1643-1715

France Intellectual life 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge