From Silk to Silicon
The Story of Globalization Through Tem Extraordinary Lives
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About this book
Globalisation often seems to be an impersonal and abstract phenomenon. Whether in everyday culture or matters of policy, its force has been experienced as something at once general and monolithic. By contrast, From Silk to Silicon is the first book to tell the history of globalisation through the lens of the people who shaped it. Taking ten extraordinary individuals, this book examines what these men and women did, how they did it, and how their combined will and vision continue to influence our world today.Drawing together their various stories, Jeffrey E. Garten finds the common links between these figures. Placing the individual at the forefront of history, Garten explores some critical issues, including: How does the growing power of international trade affect nations' sovereignty? How much influence can any one person have in transforming our society? He argues that, in our increasingly globalised world, our progress and growth will come to be guided by many more such leaders and innovators. From Silk to Silicon presents a future full of human possibility.
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Table of contents
- COVER
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I - THE ACCIDENTAL EMPIRE BUILDER
- CHAPTER II - THE EXPLORER WHO MADE A SCIENCE OF DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER III - THE ROGUE WHO CAPTURED INDIA FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- CHAPTER IV - THE GODFATHER OF GLOBAL BANKING
- CHAPTER V - THE TYCOON WHO WIRED THE ATLANTIC
- CHAPTER VI - THE TITAN WHO BUILT THE ENERGY INDUSTRY AND ALSO LAUNCHED GLOBAL PHILANTHROPY
- CHAPTER VII - THE DIPLOMAT WHO REINVENTED EUROPE
- CHAPTER VIII - THE IRON LADY WHO REVIVED FREE MARKETS
- CHAPTER IX - THE MAN BEHIND THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER X - THE PRAGMATIST WHO RELAUNCHED CHINA
- CHAPTER XI - THE BEST IS YET TO COME
- PICTURE SECTION
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR