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Power, Inc. : The Epic Rivalry between Big Business and Government--And the Reckoning That Lies Ahead: Rothkopf, David: BOOKS KINOKUNIYA
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Power, Inc. : The Epic Rivalry between Big Business and Government--And the Reckoning That Lies Ahead
Power, Inc. : The Epic Rivalry between Big Business and Government--And the Reckoning That Lies Ahead
Published Date : 2012/02
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN : 9780374151287

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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
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