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A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state /

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Main Authors: Rule, John C
Group Author: Trotter, Ben S., 1949
Published: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Publisher Address: Montreal :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, > marquis de, > 1665-1746
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715
France. > Ministere des affaires etrangeres > Management > History
France. > Ministere des affaires etrangeres > 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
Carrier Form: xvii, 829 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Issued also in electronic format.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 717-772) and index.
ISBN: 9780773543706 (bound) :
0773543708 (bound)
Index Number: DC126
CLC: K565.3
Call Number: K565.3/R935
Contents: Louis XIV, roi-bureaucrate -- Torcy's preparation for and rise to power -- Mentorship and testing -- The Department of Secretary of State Torcy -- The Department's structures and personnel -- The triumph of the commis -- Finances and rewards -- Preserving, deploying, and controlling information -- Ambassadors in Paris and abroad -- Information and the formulation of foreign poicy -- Domestic administration.

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