Connectography: Mapping the Global Network Revolution

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DESCRIPTION : Which lines on the map matter most?It's time to reimagine how life is organized on Earth. In Connectography, Parag Khanna guides us through the emerging global networ k civilization in which mega-cities compete over connectivity and borders are increasingly irrelevant. Travelling across the world, Khanna shows how twenty-first-century conflict is a tug-of-war over pipelines and Internet cables, advanced technologies and market access.Yet Connectography also offers a hopeful vision of the future - beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apart, a new foundation of connectivity is pulling it together. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781474604253 BY (AUTHOR) Khanna, Parag PUBLISHER : Orion Publishing Co PUBLICATION DATE : September 21, 2017 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Weidenfeld & Nicolson LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 132 mm x 118 mm WEIGHT : 416 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Economics, Finance, Business & Management Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects Society & Social Sciences Show more