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The Square and the Tower

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Square and the Tower

By Niall Ferguson

1 Ratings • 4.0 of 5

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About the book

Historians love to write about rulers--kings, emperors, presidents--or about vast social forces--migration, industrialisation--but what if they are all missing the point? Thinking about our own lives, isn't it clear that what makes the world go round are families, colleagues, teams, associations: in other words, networks? Many old Italian towns have the same central structure: a large square where people gather and a tower where the town's elite ruled from. Throughout history you can express the...Show more

Economic history
Social and cultural history

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9780241298985

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

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2017

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