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BL
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630143
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Soll, Jacob,1968-
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| Title & Author
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The information master : : Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system /\ Jacob Soll.
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c2009.
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| Series Statement
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Cultures of knowledge in the early modern world
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xi, 277 p., [8] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780472116904 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0472116908 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-268) and index.
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| Contents
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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'etat -- 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 regale -- 10. The system falls apart, but the state remains.
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"Jean-Baptiste Colbert saw governance of the state not as the inherent ability of the king, but as a form of mechanical mastery of subjects such as medieval legal history, physics, navigation, and the price lists of nails, sails, and gunpowder. In The Information Master, Jacob Soll shows how the legacy of Colbert's encyclopedic tradition lies at the very center of the rise of the modern state. This innovative book argues that Colbert's practice of collecting knowledge originated in Renaissance Italy, where merchants recognized the power to be gained from merging scholarship and trade. By connecting historical literatures -- archives, libraries, merchant techniques, and humanist pedagogy -- that have usually remained separate, Soll has created an imaginative and refreshing work." -- Book jacket.
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Colbert, Jean Baptiste,1619-1683.
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Colbert, Jean Baptiste,1619-1683-- Political and social views.
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Public administration-- France-- History-- 17th century.
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Government information-- France-- History-- 17th century.
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Knowledge management-- France-- History-- 17th century.
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Records-- Political aspects-- France-- History-- 17th century.
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Archives-- Political aspects-- France-- History-- 17th century.
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Statesmen-- France, Biography.
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France, Politics and government, 1643-1715.
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France, Intellectual life, 17th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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944/.033092
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DC130.C6S68 2009
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| Parallel Title
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system
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