From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives /: the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: From silk to silicon
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey E. Garten.
• Authors: Garten, Jeffrey E, 1946-
• 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) -- Mayer 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.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : Amberley Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 337.109; Globalization; Globalization -- History; International trade -- History; International economic relations -- History; International business enterprises -- History; Industrialists -- Biography; Civic leaders -- Biography; Civic leaders; Globalization; Industrialists; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); International business enterprises; International economic relations; International trade; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization; History; HISTORY -- General; Biography; History; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence; Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781445655901
• Related ISBNs: 144565590X; 9781445655895; 9781445677187
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.