A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state /
Rule, John C.,
A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state / Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state John C. Rule and Ben S. Trotter. - 1 online resource - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 last foreign secretary, Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy.
9780773592148 (electronic bk.) 0773592148 (electronic bk.) 9780773543706 0773543708
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Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères --Management--History.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères --Officials and employees--History.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères.
1600-1799
Bureaucracy--History--France--17th century.
Bureaucracy--History--France--18th century.
Government information--Management--History--France--17th century.
Government information--Management--History--France--18th century.
Bureaucratie--Histoire--France--17e siècle.
Bureaucratie--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Information sur l'État--Gestion--Histoire--France--17e siècle.
Information sur l'État--Gestion--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
HISTORY--Europe--France.
Bureaucracy.
Employees.
Government information--Management.
International relations--Administration.
Management.
France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France--Foreign relations administration--History.
France.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DC126 / .R85 2014eb
944/.033
A world of paper : Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state / Louis XIV, Colbert de Torcy, and the rise of the information state John C. Rule and Ben S. Trotter. - 1 online resource - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 last foreign secretary, Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy.
9780773592148 (electronic bk.) 0773592148 (electronic bk.) 9780773543706 0773543708
22573/ctt7xmsfm JSTOR
2017434373
20149008805 can
C20149008791 C20149008805
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères --Management--History.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères --Officials and employees--History.
France. Ministère des affaires étrangères.
1600-1799
Bureaucracy--History--France--17th century.
Bureaucracy--History--France--18th century.
Government information--Management--History--France--17th century.
Government information--Management--History--France--18th century.
Bureaucratie--Histoire--France--17e siècle.
Bureaucratie--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
Information sur l'État--Gestion--Histoire--France--17e siècle.
Information sur l'État--Gestion--Histoire--France--18e siècle.
HISTORY--Europe--France.
Bureaucracy.
Employees.
Government information--Management.
International relations--Administration.
Management.
France--History--Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France--Foreign relations administration--History.
France.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DC126 / .R85 2014eb
944/.033