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The Square and the Tower
Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power
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Penguin Books
Oprawa: Miękka
Opis
Historians love to write about rulers--kings, emperors, presidents--or about vast social forces--migration, industrialisation--but what if they are all missing the point Thinking about our own lives, isn't it clear that what makes the world go round are families, colleagues, teams, associations: in other words, networks Many old Italian towns have the same central structure: a large square where people gather and a tower where the town's elite ruled from. Throughout history you can express the battle between the two as a battle of networks - who knows who, who works with who: guilds, families, fellowships, clans, cabals all cooperating to make sometimes huge changes. Sometimes the power lies with those lurking in the tower and sometimes with those in the square. Access to information, to credit, to ideas, to news - all constantly shift. Whether in the Renaissance or in the present day what makes the world work is an astonishing tangle of networks - and this was as true for the effort that went into discovering the New World as it is now for fighting elections or just talking to friends online.In his enormously enjoyable new book, Niall Ferguson celebrates the myriad ways in which the battle between rival networks makes history happen.
Szczegóły
Tytuł
The Square and the Tower
Podtytuł
Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power
Autor
Ferguson Niall
Wydawnictwo
Rok wydania
2017
Oprawa
Miękka
Ilość stron
574
Format
15.5x23.5cm
Języki
angielski
ISBN
9780241298985
Rodzaj
Książka
EAN
9780241298985
Data premiery
2017-10-19
Kraj produkcji
GB
Producent
Penguin Books Limited
Podmiot odpowiedzialny
Penguin Random House Ireland Limited
Nassau Street 32 Morrison Chambers
Dublin
IE
www.penguin.co.uk
Dublin
IE
www.penguin.co.uk
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