The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
by Niall Ferguson
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks.
"Captivating and compelling."—The New York Times
"Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book...In 400 pages you will have restocked your mind. Do it."—The Wall Street Journal
"The Square and the Tower, in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age."—Christian Science Monitor
Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change?
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- The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
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- Niall Ferguson
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- 100
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0735222916
- ISBN 13
- 9780735222915
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- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2018
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