Ruling the Waves : From the Compass to the Internet, a History of Business and Politics along the Technological Frontier Paperback - 2003
by Spar, Debora L
- Used
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.
Description
Details
- Title Ruling the Waves : From the Compass to the Internet, a History of Business and Politics along the Technological Frontier
- Author Spar, Debora L
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition (F
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-01-07
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4331545-6
- ISBN 9780156027021 / 015602702X
- Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 8.23 x 6.01 x 0.98 in (20.90 x 15.27 x 2.49 cm)
- Ages 06 to 09 years
- Grade levels 1 - 4
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001024256
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.483
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Summary
Entrepreneurs such as Samuel Morse and Rupert Murdoch carved new markets from the emerging technology and proclaimed that the old rules no longer applied. And for a while, they were right. But eventually--and inevitably--even cowboys need rules: rules of property, rules of coordination, rules of competition. The erstwhile pioneers thus turn to government, lobbying for order and setting the stage for the next wave of discovery.
A fascinating history of business, Ruling the Waves is also an original, thought-provoking analysis of the parallels between past innovations and inventions and our own tumultuous times.
