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Author : Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 776 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Journals written by Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John C. Rule
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773592156
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book A World of Paper written by John C. Rule and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. A World of Paper 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. Torcy, who served as foreign secretary from 1696-1715, is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant foreign ministers of the ancien regime. Building on the work of his predecessors, he fashioned a skilled team of collaborators as he managed the complex issues of war and peace during the turbulent final decades of Louis XIV's reign. John Rule and Ben Trotter examine Torcy's department to depict administrative structures as they emerged through the circulating stream of paper that connected his office with provincial administrators and diplomats abroad. They explore the collection and centralization of information during Torcy's tenure through the creation of a modern state archive, discreet intelligence gathering, and the surveillance and management of the French mails. They also study the postal carriers, couriers, household officers of the royal court, genealogists hired for research, and an informal "brain trust" of experts, and advisors who carried vital information in and out of the department every day. A remarkable reconstruction of the department of Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy, A World of Paper demystifies bureaucracy and explores the ways in which the modern information state developed from his labours.
Author : Simon Franklin
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178374376X
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Information and Empire written by Simon Franklin and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mid-sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century Russia was transformed from a moderate-sized, land-locked principality into the largest empire on earth. How did systems of information and communication shape and reflect this extraordinary change? Information and Mechanisms of Communication in Russia, 1600-1850 brings together a range of contributions to shed some light on this complex question. Communication networks such as the postal service and the gathering and circulation of news are examined alongside the growth of a bureaucratic apparatus that informed the government about its country and its people. The inscription of space is considered from the point of view of mapping and the changing public ‘graphosphere’ of signs and monuments. More than a series of institutional histories, this book is concerned with the way Russia discovered itself, envisioned itself and represented itself to its people. Innovative and scholarly, this collection breaks new ground in its approach to communication and information as a field of study in Russia. More broadly, it is an accessible contribution to pre-modern information studies, taking as its basis a country whose history often serves to challenge habitual Western models of development. It is important reading not only for specialists in Russian Studies, but also for students and non-Russianists who are interested in the history of information and communications.
Author : Cavalie Mercer
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1781599904
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Waterloo Campaign written by Cavalie Mercer and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercers journal is the most outstanding eyewitness account of the Waterloo campaign ever published. It is a classic of military history. This new, fully illustrated edition, featuring an extensive introduction and notes by Andrew Uffindell, one of the leading authorities on the Napoleonic Wars, contains a mass of additional material not included in the original. As the bicentenary of Waterloo approaches, this beautifully prepared, scholarly edition of Mercers work will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to know what it was really like to fight in the final, great battle against Napoleon.
Author : Jay Caplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Postal Culture in Europe, 1500-1800 written by Jay Caplan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the early modern period the public postal systems became central pillars of the emerging public sphere. Despite the importance of the post in the transformation of communication, commerce and culture, little has been known about the functioning of the post or how it affected the lives of its users and their societies. In Postal culture in Europe, 1500-1800, Jay Caplan provides the first historical and cultural analysis of the practical conditions of letter-exchange at the dawn of the modern age. Caplan opens his analysis by exploring the economic, political, social and existential interests that were invested in the postal service, and traces the history of the three main European postal systems of the era, the Thurn and Taxis, the French Royal Post and the British Post Office. He then explores how the post worked, from the folding and sealing of letters to their collection, sorting, and transportation. Beyond providing service to the general public, these systems also furnished early modern states with substantial revenue and effective surveillance tools in the form of the Black Cabinets or Black Chambers. Caplan explains how postal services highlighted the tension between state power and the emerging concept of the free individual, with rights to private communication outside the public sphere. Postal systems therefore affected how letter writers and readers conceived and expressed themselves as individuals, which the author demonstrates through an examination of the correspondence of Voltaire and Rousseau, not merely as texts but as communicative acts. Ultimately, Jay Caplan provides readers with both a comprehensive overview of the changes wrought by the newly-public postal system - from the sounds that one heard to the perception of time and distance - and a thought provoking account of the expectations and desires that have led to our culture of instant communication.
Author : Lorraine Byrne Bodley
Publisher : Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag
ISBN 13 : 399012403X
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Music Preferred written by Lorraine Byrne Bodley and published by Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag. This book was released on 2018-05-28 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this Festschrift, honouring the distinguished Irish musicologist Harry White on his sixtieth birthday, have wide repercussions and span a broad timeframe. But for all its variety, this volume is built around two axes: on the one hand, attention is focussed on the history of music and literature in Ireland and the British Isles, and on the other, topics of the German and Austrian musical past. In both cases it reflects the particular interest of a scholar, whose playful, sometimes unconventional way of approaching his subject is so refreshing and time and again leads to innovative, surprising insights. It also reflects a scholar, who – for all the broadening of his perspectives that has taken place over the years – has always adhered to the strands of his scholarly preoccupations that have become dear to him: the music of the 'Austro-Italian Baroque', and Irish musical culture first and foremost. An international cast of authors announces the sustaining influence of Harry White's wide-ranging research. Professor Dr Thomas Hochradner Chair of the Department of Musicology University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg
Author : Alfred Elwes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Concise Dictionary of the Italian, English, & French Languages by Alfred Elwes written by Alfred Elwes and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canada
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Canada Gazette written by Canada and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katie Scott
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606068636
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Artists' Things written by Katie Scott and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of artists’ personal possessions shed new light on the lives of their owners. Artists are makers of things. Yet, it is a measure of the disembodied manner in which we generally think about artists that we rarely consider the everyday items they own. This innovative book looks at objects that once belonged to artists, revealing not only the fabric of the eighteenth-century art world in France but also unfamiliar—and sometimes unexpected—insights into the individuals who populated it, including Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Elisabeth Vigée-LeBrun. From the curious to the mundane, from the useful to the symbolic, these items have one thing in common: they have all been eclipsed from historical view. Some of the objects still exist, like Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s color box and Jacques-Louis David’s table. Others survive only in paintings, such as JeanSiméon Chardin’s cistern in his Copper Drinking Fountain, or in documents, like François Lemoyne’s sword, the instrument of his suicide. Several were literally lost, including pastelist Jean-Baptiste Perronneau’s pencil case. In this fascinating book, the authors engage with fundamental historical debates about production, consumption, and sociability through the lens of material goods owned by artists. The free online edition of this open-access publication is at www.getty.edu/publications/artists-things/ and includes zoomable illustrations. Free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book are also available.
Author : Dániel Margócsy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022611788X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Commercial Visions written by Dániel Margócsy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurial science is not new; business interests have strongly influenced science since the Scientific Revolution. In Commercial Visions, Dániel Margócsy illustrates that product marketing, patent litigation, and even ghostwriting pervaded natural history and medicine—the “big sciences” of the early modern era—and argues that the growth of global trade during the Dutch Golden Age gave rise to an entrepreneurial network of transnational science. Margócsy introduces a number of natural historians, physicians, and curiosi in Amsterdam, London, St. Petersburg, and Paris who, in their efforts to boost their trade, developed modern taxonomy, invented color printing and anatomical preparation techniques, and contributed to philosophical debates on topics ranging from human anatomy to Newtonian optics. These scientific practitioners, including Frederik Ruysch and Albertus Seba, were out to do business: they produced and sold exotic curiosities, anatomical prints, preserved specimens, and atlases of natural history to customers all around the world. Margócsy reveals how their entrepreneurial rivalries transformed the scholarly world of the Republic of Letters into a competitive marketplace. Margócsy’s highly readable and engaging book will be warmly welcomed by anyone interested in early modern science, global trade, art, and culture.
Author : J. Stobart
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113729521X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Selling Textiles in the Long Eighteenth Century written by J. Stobart and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textiles are a key component of the industrial and consumer revolutions, yet we lack a coherent picture of how the marketing of textiles varied across the long 18th century and between different regions. This book provides important new insights into the ways in which changes in the supply of textiles related to shifting patterns of demand.
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Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Almanach Du Département de L'Escaut Pour L'an 1809-1815 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louisiana. Constitutional Convention
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Official Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision and Amendment of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana written by Louisiana. Constitutional Convention and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canada. Audit Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Public Accounts for the Year Ended Dec. 31 written by Canada. Audit Office and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louisiana. Legislature. Senate
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Official Journal written by Louisiana. Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Canada. Parliament. Legislative Council
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book Journals ... written by Canada. Parliament. Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Fleming
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1254 pages
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Download or read book Royal Dictionary English and French and French and English Compiled from the Dictionaries of Johnson, Todd ... by Professors Fleming and Tibbins written by Charles Fleming and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
