The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System Book

Contents

1. Between Public and Secret Spheres THE CASE OF COLBERT....................1
2. Colbert's Cosmos THE EXPERT AND THE RISE OF THE MODERN STATE....................13
3. The Accountant and the Coups d'État....................34
4. Royal Accountability LOUIS XIV AND THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOKS....................50
5. The Rule of the Informers....................67
6. Managing the System COLBERT TRAINS HIS SON FOR THE GREAT INTENDANCY....................84
7. From Universal Library to State Encyclopedia COLBERT'S HOUSE OF SOLOMON....................94
8. Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Republic of Letters THE STATE CONTROL OF KNOWLEDGE....................120
9. The Information State in Play ARCHIVES, ERUDITION, AND THE AFFAIR OF THE RÉGALE....................140
10. The System Falls Apart, but the State Remains....................153
Notes....................169
Bibliography....................243
Index....................269
Illustrations following page....................146