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The square and the tower

networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

by Niall Ferguson

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An edition of Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook (2017)

The square and the tower

networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

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1 Meydan ve Kule: Sebekeler, Hiyerarsiler ve Küresel Güç Mücadelesi Nov 01, 2020, Yapi Kredi Yayinlari paperback 9750846915 9789750846915	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
2 The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook Jan 22, 2019, Penguin Books paperback 0735222932 9780735222939	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
3 The square and the tower: networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook 2018, Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC in English 0735222916 9780735222915	aaaa Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
4 Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook 2018, Penguin Books, Limited in English 0141984813 9780141984810	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
5 La plaza y la torre: : el papel oculto de las redes en la historia. De los masones a Facebook 2018, Debate 8499928498 9788499928494	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
6 Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook 2017, Penguin Books, Limited in English 0241290465 9780241290460	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
7 The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook Publish date unknown, Penguin Audio audio cd 0525528652 9780525528654	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

Book Details

Part I: Introduction: Networks and hierarchies ; The mystery of the Illuminati ; Our networked age ; Networks, networks everywhere ; Why hierarchies? ; From seven bridges to six degrees ; Weak ties and viral ideas ; Varieties of network ; When networks meet ; Seven insights ; The Illuminati illuminated

Part II: Emperors and explorers. A brief history of hierarchy ; The First Networked Age ; The art of the Renaissance deal ; Discoverers ; Pizarro and the Inca ; When Gutenberg met Luther

Part III: Letters and lodges. The economic consequences of the Reformation ; Trading ideas ; Networks of Enlightenment ; Networks of revolution

Part IV: The restoration of hierarchy. The red and the black ; From crowd to tyranny ; Order restored ; The house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ; The house of Rothschild ; Industrial networks ; From pentarchy to hegemony

Part V: Knights of the Round Table. An imperial life ; Empire ; Taiping ; 'The Chinese must go' ; The Union of South Africa ; Apostles ; Armageddon

Part VI: Plagues and pipers. Greenmantle ; The plague ; The leader principle ; The fall of the golden international ; The ring of five ; Brief encounter ; Ella in reform school

Part VII: Own the jungle. The long peace ; The general ; The crisis of complexity ; Henry Kissinger's network of power ; Into the valley ; The fall of the Soviet Empire ; The triumph of Davos Man ; Breaking the Bank of England

Part VIII: The Library of Babel. 9/11/2001 ; 9/15/2008 ; The administrative state ; Web 2.0 ; Coming apart ; Tweeting the revolution ; 11/9/2016

Part IX: Conclusion: facing Cyberia. Metropolis ; Network outage ; FANG, BAT and EU ; The square and the tower redux

Afterword: The original square and tower.

Edition Notes

First published: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-536) and index.

Other Titles: Networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Copyright Date: 2017

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class: 302.309
Library of Congress: HM741 .F424 2018, HM741 .F47 2018, HM741.F424 2018

The Physical Object

Pagination: xxvii, 563 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages: 563

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL26947517M
ISBN 10: 0735222916
ISBN 13: 9780735222915, 9780735222922
LCCN: 2017046053, 2017301143
OCLC/WorldCat: 993419373, 1022075547
Amazon ID (ASIN): B073NPCBL5

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The square and the tower

networks and power, from the Freemasons to Facebook

by Niall Ferguson