The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (Modern Library Chronicles)
by Micklethwait, John; Wooldridge, Adrian
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679642498
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642497
- Seller
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About This Item
Modern Library, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 30-23-3. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ From The Acclaimed Authors Of A Future Perfect Comes The Untold Story Of How The Company Became The World'S Most Powerful Institution. Like All Groundbreaking Books, The Company Fills A Hole We Didn'T Know Existed, Revealing That We Cannot Make Sense Of The Past Four Hundred Years Until We Place That Seemingly Humble Victorian Innovation, The Joint-Stock Company, In The Center Of The Frame. With Their Trademark Authority And Wit, Economist Editors John Micklethwait And Adrian Wooldridge Reveal The Company To Be One Of History'S Great Catalysts, For Good And For Ill, A Mighty Engine For Sucking In, Recombining, And Pumping Out Money, Goods, People, And Culture To Every Corner Of The Globe. What Other Earthly Invention Has The Power To Grow To Any Size, And To Live To Any Age? What Else Could Have Given Us Both The Stock Market And The British Empire? The Company Man, The Company Town, And Company Time? Disneyfication And Mcdonald'Sization, To Say Nothing Of Coca-Colonialism? Through Its Many Mutations, The Company Has Always Incited Controversy, And Governments Have Always Fought To Rein It In. Today, Though Marx May Spin In His Grave And Anarchists Riot In The Streets, The Company Exercises An Unparalleled Influence On The Globe, And Understanding What This Creature Is And Where It Comes From Has Never Been A More Pressing Matter. To The Rescue Come These Acclaimed Authors, With A Short Volume Of Truly Vast Range And Insight.
Synopsis
John Micklethwait oversees coverage of the United States for The Economist . He lives in London. Adrian Wooldridge works for The Economist in Washington, D.C. They are coauthors of A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Promise of Globalization and The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus . From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Alright Bookstore (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009218
- Title
- The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (Modern Library Chronicles)
- Author
- Micklethwait, John; Wooldridge, Adrian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679642498
- ISBN 13
- 9780679642497
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 227
- Size
- 30-23-3
- Keywords
- History, Business, Economics, Nonfiction, Law, Politics, Finance, Management, World History, General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business;
- X weight
- 450 g
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