Ruling the Waves: From the Compass to the Internet, a History of Business and Politics along the Technological Frontier by Debora L. Spar

Ruling the Waves: From the Compass to the Internet, a History of Business and Politics along the Technological Frontier

Debora L. Spar

416 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction economics history technology informative medium-paced

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Beginning with the development of the compass, Ruling the Waves examines a series of technological revolutions that promised, in their time, to transform the world's politics and business. With Debora Spar's gifted storytelling, each chapter reads...

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