A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state / John C. Rule and Ben S. Trotter.

A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state / John C. Rule and Ben S. Trotter.

Historians and social scientists have long identified bureaucracy as the modern state's foundation and the reign of France's Louis XIV as a model for its development. This book offers a fresh interpretation of bureaucracy through a close examination of the department of the Sun King's...

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Main Authors: Rule, John C. (Author), Trotter, Ben S., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > marquis de, > 1665-1746.
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715.
France. > Ministère des affaires étrangères > Management > History.
France. > Ministère des affaires étrangères > Officials and employees > History.
Bureaucracy > France > History > 17th century.
Bureaucracy > France > History > 18th century.
Government information > France > Management > History > 17th century.
Government information > France > Management > History > 18th century.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > Foreign relations administration > History.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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 354 Information and the Formulation of Foreign Policy
  • 10 Conclusion
  • 11 Domestic Administration.

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