The Information Master

The Information Master Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System - Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World

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Publisher's Synopsis

Jean-Baptiste Colbert saw governance of the state not as the inherent ability of the king, but as a form of mechanical mastery of subjects such as medieval legal history, physics, navigation, and the price lists of nails, sails, and gunpowder.

Book information

ISBN: 9780472116904
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Imprint: The University of Michigan Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 944.033092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 277
Weight: 590g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 28mm