From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives /: the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives /: the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives. (2016)
- Main Title:
- From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives
- 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
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.335848
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