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

• Autore: Soll Jacob <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 944/.033092
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: France Politics and government 1643-1715; France Intellectual life 17th century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The information master
• ISBN: 1-282-59152-5; 9786612591525; 0-472-02526-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780864803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world.