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Power, Inc. : The Epic Rivalry between Big Business and Government--And the Reckoning That Lies Ahead
Publisher :
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published Date : 2012/02
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN : 9780374151287
BookWeb Price : S$ 49.53 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : S$ 44.57 Availability Status : Available for order from suppliers. Usually dispatches within 3 weeks. Language : English |
Book Description
Source: ENG
Academic Descriptors: A45603600 A48260000
Place of Publication: United States
Subject Development: History
Academic Level: Extracurricular
Review:
Kirkus Reviews 2012 January #1
Kirkus Starred Reviews 6/89 (And Ongoing)
LJ Reviews Newsletter
Choice Outstanding Books - 2012
Baker & Taylor Forecast - February 2012
Academic Descriptors: A45603600 A48260000
Place of Publication: United States
Subject Development: History
Academic Level: Extracurricular
Review:
Kirkus Reviews 2012 January #1
Kirkus Starred Reviews 6/89 (And Ongoing)
LJ Reviews Newsletter
Choice Outstanding Books - 2012
Baker & Taylor Forecast - February 2012
Table of Contents
Introduction: Bodies but No Souls 3 (24)
Part 1 The Roots of Modern Power: The Rise of
States and Corporations
1 The Goat with the Red Horns 27 (22)
2 1288: The Battles That Gave Birth to 49 (25)
Modernity
3 1648: The Beginning of the Great Leveling 74 (27)
4 1776: Two Revolutions 101(33)
5 1848: What Makes a State a State? 134(33)
Part 2 The Contest: The State Constrained,
the Corporation Unbound
6 How the Rule of Law Backfired 167(29)
7 Beyond Borders 196(35)
8 The Coin of Whose Realm? 231(37)
9 The Decline of Force 268(27)
Part 3 The Reckoning: Forging a New Order
10 Supercitizens and Semi-States 295(43)
11 Competing Capitalisms 338(27)
Notes 365(52)
Acknowledgments 417(4)
Index 421
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