Niall Ferguson je uznávaný historik, autor čtrnácti knih, z nichž zná český čtenář tituly Vzestup peněz či Velký rozklad. V nové práci analyzuje podoby mocenského vlivu. Jednu – vertikální, hierarchickou – charakterizuje metafora... Zobraziť viac
Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the ... Zobraziť viac
Disasters are inherently hard to predict. But when catastrophe strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck... Zobraziť viac
What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From Niall Ferguson, the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization, this is a whole new way of imagining the world... Zobraziť viac
