The Information Master : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System.
Soll, Jacob.
The Information Master : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (300 pages) - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Series . - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Series .
Intro -- 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 Remains -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge.
9780472025268
Electronic books.
DC130
944/.033092
The Information Master : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (300 pages) - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Series . - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Series .
Intro -- 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 Remains -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.
A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge.
9780472025268
Electronic books.
DC130
944/.033092