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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rule, John C. (Autor), Trotter, Ben S., 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.
Temas:
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 > France > History > 17th century.
Bureaucracy > France > History > 18th century.
Government information > France > Management > History > 17th century.
Government information > France > Management > History > 18th century.
Bureaucratie > France > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Bureaucratie > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Information sur l'État > France > Gestion > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Information sur l'État > France > Gestion > Histoire > 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
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773592148
0773592148
9780773543706
0773543708

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