Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet by Debora L. Spar

Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet

Debora L. Spar

416 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction economics history technology informative reflective slow-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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