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European History: 1648-1948
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Colbert en grande tenue de l'ordre du Saint-Esprit
By Claude Lefèbvre (1666) A French politician who was the Minister of Finances of France from 1665-1683, his management of trade and state underneath Louis XIV improved regulations and bureaucracy. -
Russian Table of Ranks
Click here to see the full table in English Created in 1722 by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great, the Table of Ranks divides military, civl, and court service into 14 ranks through which every member of military, government, and court was required to progress through. This is a major Russian initive in the bureaucratization and administration of a country primarily ruled by nobles. -
The Napoleonic Code
Established under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804, this civil code, also known as the Code civil des Français, codified many of the ideals carried by the revolution, including the fact that government jobs should be performed by those most able. -
The Benefits and Detriments of British Rule in India
Click here to read the full text Written by Dadabhai Naoroji in India in 1871, this text compares the benefits and downsides of the contemporary British rule over the country. -
The Trial
The Trial (Der Process) by Franz Kafka was publiched in 1925 after his death. This book tells the experiences of a man who has been arrested by a remote, abstract authority and exemplifies the feeling of many of being caught helplessly by an elaborate bureaucracy. -
The Jäger Report
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Read English version Written in the winter of 1941 by SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger is one of the most in depth chronicles of the daily activity of an Einsatzkommando killing squad of Nazi Germany. The bureaucratic detail of the mass murders are noted as if it were a banal, typical occurrence..
