03068nam 2200661 a 450 991080859410332120240102235805.01-282-59152-597866125915250-472-02526-010.3998/mpub.243021(OCoLC)643805520(SSID)ssj0000339031(MiAaPQ)EBC3414691(CKB)2520000000006949(EXLCZ)99252000000000694920081124d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe information master Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system /Jacob SollAnn Arbor University of Michigan Pressc20091 online resource (xi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrationsCultures of knowledge in the early modern worldDescription based upon print version of record.0-472-03464-2 0-472-11690-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.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 Régale10. The System Falls Apart, but the State RemainsNotes; Bibliography; Index; IllustrationsA fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledgeCultures of knowledge in the early modern world.Public administrationFranceHistory17th centuryGovernment informationFranceHistory17th centuryKnowledge managementFranceHistory17th centuryRecordsPolitical aspectsFranceHistory17th centuryArchivesPolitical aspectsFranceHistory17th centuryStatesmenFranceBiographyFrancePolitics and government1643-1715FranceIntellectual life17th centuryPublic administrationHistoryGovernment informationHistoryKnowledge managementHistoryRecordsPolitical aspectsHistoryArchivesPolitical aspectsHistoryStatesmen944/.033092Soll Jacob1968-474091Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808594103321The information master4063079UNINA