"How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? 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 ... [This work] focuses on one key event--the attack of an Indian ...
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"How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism? 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 ... [This work] focuses on one key event--the attack of an Indian treasure ship by Avery and his crew--and ... uses the extraordinary story of Henry Avery and his crimes to explore the emergence of the modern global marketplace"--
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Add this copy of Enemy of All Mankind: a True Story of Piracy, Power, to cart. $4.08, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by Random House Large Print Publishing.
Not finished reading this book yet and I find it very hard to put the book down. The author not only gives the "bigger picture: but also weaves in lot of fine details in his book (consequences which exerts its force through our present times. Really fine "cause and effect!") A lot of surprises!
