A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years.Meanwhile, corporations continue to amasswealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklesslypursuingprofitwhile leaving society to sort out the costs. In For Profit, law pr...(展开全部)

威廉·马格努森（William Magnuson） 哈佛大学法学院法学博士，曾任苏利文·克伦威尔律师事务所兼并与收购组合伙人，现为美国得克萨斯农工大学法学院教授，教授公司史课程。著有《区块链与大众之治》一书，并在《华尔街日报》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》等杂志上发表过多篇有关金融科技、国际法和公司的文章。

A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years.Meanwhile, corporations continue to amasswealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklesslypursuingprofitwhile leaving society to sort out the costs. In For Profit, law pr...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 托比•格林（Toby Green），英国历史学家、伦敦国王学院葡语非洲历史和文化高级讲师，现担任英国国家学术院非洲历史资料委员会主席，撰写了大量有关非洲早期现代历史和殖民时代非洲奴隶制的作品。 【译者简介】 郭建龙，自由作家、社会观察家，曾任《21世纪经济报道》记者，已出版《穿越非洲两百年》《汴京之围》，以及“帝国密码三部曲”“亚洲三部曲”等作品。

【作者简介】 托比•格林（Toby Green），英国历史学家、伦敦国王学院葡语非洲历史和文化高级讲师，现担任英国国家学术院非洲历史资料委员会主席，撰写了大量有关非洲早期现代历史和殖民时代非洲奴隶制的作品。 【译者简介】 郭建龙，自由作家、社会观察家，曾任《21世纪经济报道》记者，已出版《穿越非洲两百年》《汴京之围》，以及“帝国密码三部曲”“亚洲三部曲”等作品。

By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world for nearly a millennium, and the sophisticated kingdoms spanning its west coast had traded with Europeans since the fifteenth century. Until at least...(展开全部)

In 2000, Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed. His girlfriend said "Yes" and then suddenly, walked out of his life and made Tom the owner of a used engagement ring. Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore, he hit the road travelling to diamond mines in Africa, Canada, India, Brazil, and Russia to discover the true worth of this s...(展开全部)

This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational novel, 'Sanctuary', was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in 'Sanctuary'. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. In an attempt to save her, Temple goe...(展开全部)