From silk to silicon : the story of globalization through ten extraordinary lives / Jeffrey E. Garten.
By: Garten, Jeffrey E [author.].
Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]Edition: First edition.Description: xvi, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062409973.Subject(s): Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Influence | Henry, Infante of Portugal, 1394-1460 -- Influence | Clive, Robert Clive, Baron, 1725-1774 -- Influence | Deng, Xiaoping, 1904-1997 -- Influence | Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892 -- Influence | Grove, Andrew S. -- Influence | Monnet, Jean, 1888-1979 -- Influence | Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937 -- Influence | Rothschild, Meyer Amschel, 1744-1812 -- Influence | Thatcher, Margaret -- Influence | Civic leaders -- Biography | Globalization -- History | Industrialists -- Biography | International business enterprises -- History | International economic relations -- History | International trade -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HF1365 .G37 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004338 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-421) and index.
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.