{"product_id":"the-square-and-the-tower-networks-and-power-from-the-freemasons-to-facebook-paperback","title":"The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNiall Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captivating and compelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book...In 400 pages you will have restocked your mind. Do it.\" \u003ci\u003e--The \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower, \u003c\/i\u003e in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost 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' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 21st century has been hailed as the Age of Networks. However, in \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, Niall Ferguson argues that networks have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to freemasonry. Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real power has resided in the networks in the town square below. For it is networks that tend to innovate. And it is through networks that revolutionary ideas can contagiously spread. Just because conspiracy theorists like to fantasize about such networks doesn't mean they are not real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the rise, fall and rise of networks, and shows how network theory--concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions and phase transitions--can transform our understanding of both the past and the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as \u003ci\u003eThe Ascent of Money\u003c\/i\u003e put Wall Street into historical perspective, so \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e does the same for Silicon Valley. And it offers a bold prediction about which hierarchies will withstand this latest wave of network disruption--and which will be toppled.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePaper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, High Financier, Civilization, The Great Degeneration, Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Square and the Tower\u003c\/i\u003e. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His many awards include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012), and the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978554245421,"sku":"9780735222939","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SHlYaVlaOWF0U3lnSUJFeXF6OG1FZz09.webp?v=1775805783","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-square-and-the-tower-networks-and-power-from-the-freemasons-to-facebook-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}