Money & power the history of business /
From merchant ships to microchips, industry has been defined by the powerful business leaders who have caused seismic shifts in the growth of commerce. The companion book to the acclaimed CNBC documentary, Money and Power takes readers on a gripping journey following the movement of power from east...
| Main Author: | Means, Howard B. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wiley,
2001.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Summary: |
From merchant ships to microchips, industry has been defined by the powerful business leaders who have caused seismic shifts in the growth of commerce. The companion book to the acclaimed CNBC documentary, Money and Power takes readers on a gripping journey following the movement of power from east to west - from the feudal estates of medieval Europe to the halls of modern finance, from the teeming streets of ancient Venice to the serene campuses of Silicon Valley - to tell the story of how business shaped the modern world, and how the goals of a few ambitious people paved the way to the weal. |
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| Item Description: |
A companion volume to the CNBC documentary, Money & power. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index. Foreword / David Grubin -- St. Godric: God and Profit -- Cosimo de' Medici: Putting Money to Work -- Philip II: Wealth without Wisdom -- Tulipmania: Sharing the Greed -- James Watt and Matthew Boulton: Turning Evolution into Revolution -- Transcontinental Railroad: Rogues and Visionaries -- J. Pierpont Morgan: The American Colossus -- John D. Rockefeller: Organizing the Octopus -- Henry Ford: Building Cars and the Markets for Them -- Robert Woodruff: The Brand's the Thing -- Time Warner: Turning Opposite Cultures to Common Advantage -- Bill Gates and Cyberspace: The Dematerialized Future. From merchant ships to microchips, industry has been defined by the powerful business leaders who have caused seismic shifts in the growth of commerce. The companion book to the acclaimed CNBC documentary, Money and Power takes readers on a gripping journey following the movement of power from east to west - from the feudal estates of medieval Europe to the halls of modern finance, from the teeming streets of ancient Venice to the serene campuses of Silicon Valley - to tell the story of how business shaped the modern world, and how the goals of a few ambitious people paved the way to the weal. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL. Colorado Mountain College - E-book Collection / Ebsco. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0471054267 9780471054269 1280341270 9781280341274 |