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1 online resource |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746.
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Torcy, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de, 1665-1746. |
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
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Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715. |
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France. Ministère des affaires étrangères -- Management -- History.
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France. Ministère des affaires étrangères. |
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Management. |
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History. |
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France. Ministère des affaires étrangères -- Officials and employees -- History.
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Bureaucracy -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Bureaucracy. |
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France. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
Subject |
Government information -- France -- Management -- History -- 18th century.
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Government information. |
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France -- Foreign relations administration -- History.
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Foreign relations administration. |
Chronological Term |
1600-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Trotter, Ben S., 1949- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: World of paper. (CaOONL)20149008791 |
ISBN |
9780773592148 (electronic book) |
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0773592148 (electronic book) |
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9780773592155 |
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0773592156 |
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