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From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives
Title
From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives / Jeffrey E. Garten.
ISBN
9780062409973
0062409972
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
xvi, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 29, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-421) and index.
Contents
Genghis Khan : the accidental empire builder (1162-1227)
Prince Henry : the explorer who made a science of discovery (1394-1460)
Robert Clive : the rogue who captured India for the British Empire (1725-1774)
Meyer Amschel Rothschild : the godfather of global banking (1744-1812)
Cyrus Field : the tycoon who wired the Atlantic (1819-1892)
John D. Rockefeller : the titan who built the energy industry and also launched global philanthropy (1839-1937)
Jean Monnet : the diplomat who reinvented Europe (1888-1979)
Margaret Thatcher : the iron lady who revived free markets (1925-2013)
Andrew Grove : the man behind the third industrial revolution (1936-present)
Deng Xiaoping : the pragmatist who relaunched China (1904-1997)
The best is yet to come.
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