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A World of Paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the Rise of the Information State.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (849 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773592148
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A World of PaperDDC classification:
  • 944.033
LOC classification:
  • DC125 -- .R854 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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