The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power by Niall Ferguson
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

608 pages first pub 2017 (view editions)

nonfiction classics literary slow-paced
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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' parti...

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