TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rule,John C.
AU  - Trotter,Ben S.
TI  - A World of Paper: Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State
SN  - 9780773592148
AV  - DC125 -- .R854 2014eb 
U1  - 944.033 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Bureaucracy-France-History-17th century
KW  - Bureaucracy-France-History-18th century
KW  - France-History-Louis XIV, 1643-1715
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- A WORLD OF PAPER -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Louis XIV, Roi-Bureaucrate -- 2 Torcy's Preparation for and Rise to Power -- 3 Mentorship and Testing -- 4 The Department of Secretary of State Torcy -- 5 The Department's Structures and Personnel -- 6 The Triumph of the Commis -- 7 Finances and Rewards -- 8 Preserving, Deploying, and Controlling Information -- 9 Ambassadors in Paris and Abroad -- 10 Information and the Formulation of Foreign Policy -- 11 Domestic Administration -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - How the administrative personnel in Louis XIV's foreign office developed innovative structures and procedures for managing the flow of information
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ER  -