Enemy of All Mankind
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Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate.
The press published wildly popular - and wildly inaccurate -
reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered
enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But
Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most lasting legacy was his
inadvertent triggering of a new model for the global economy. Enemy
of All Mankind focuses on one key event - the attack of an Indian
treasure ship by Avery and his crew - and its surprising
repercussions across time and space. Johnson uses the extraordinary
story of Henry Avery and his crimes to explore the emergence of the
modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by
nations and corporations. Like the bestselling How We Got To Now
and The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind crosses disciplinary
boundaries to recount its history: the chemistry behind the
invention of gunpowder, the innovations in navigation that enabled
the age of exploration, the cultural history of pirates, the
biographical history of Avery and his crew, the rise of the Moghul
dynasty, and the commercial ambition of the East India Company. In
this compelling work of history and ideas, Johnson deftly traces
the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration.
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Steven Johnson ,
Prentice Hall Press
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Steven Johnson,
Prentice Hall Press
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Slovart
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