TY  - BOOK
AU  - Soll,Jacob
TI  - The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System
T2  - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World Series
SN  - 9780472025268
AV  - DC130 
U1  - 944/.033092 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - A fascinating inquiry into Jean-Baptiste Colbert's collection of knowledge
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ER  -