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

Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. SUBJECT Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 fast Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746 fast Subject France. Ministère des affaires étrangères -- Management -- History France. Ministère des affaires étrangères -- Officials and employees -- History SUBJECT France. Ministère des affaires étrangères fast Subject Bureaucracy -- France -- History -- 17th century Bureaucracy -- France -- History -- 18th century Government information -- France -- Management -- History -- 17th century Government information -- France -- Management -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- Europe -- France. Bureaucracy Employees Government information -- Management International relations -- Administration Management SUBJECT France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051304 France -- Foreign relations administration -- History Subject France Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Trotter, Ben S., 1949- author. ISBN 9780773592148 0773592148 9780773543706 0773543708

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