10 Years That Shook the World
Author | : Loretta Napoleoni |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2012-02-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781609804138 |
ISBN-13 | : 1609804139 |
Rating | : 4/5 (139 Downloads) |
Download or read book 10 Years That Shook the World written by Loretta Napoleoni and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 9/11 to the launch of the iPod, from the creation of "Gmail: to the 2004 tsunami, from the Enron Bankruptcy to the killing of Osama bin Laden, 10 Years That Shook the World is the story of an extraordinary decade. For each year, Loretta Napoleoni presents events not as a chronology bus as dispatches from the world's collective memory. Topics like politics, economics, celebrities, and the environment intersect and converge to reveal the accelerating pace of globalization and the changes that have affected us all.