The Square And The Tower: Networks, Hierarchies And The Struggle For Global Power by Niall Ferguson

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.

Publisher:	Penguin Books
Year:	2017
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780241298985
Condition:	Good
Description:	Heavy.

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SKU: 1602016
Location: History