01203nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200180008810000220010624500520012826000280018030000280020836500300023652006440026665000180091065000220092865000170095065000180096720250805155812.0220421b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1841195537  cAL  aeng  223a909bGIGP  aPhilippe Gigantes  aPower and greedb: A short history of the world  aLondonbConstablec2002  axiiii,258pbHBc21x14cm  2Historyb12.99c£d12.99  aThis lively and fascinating book by a professor of history deals with human greed and power and how these determine world events. Gigantès takes the reader on a hair-raising journey through time, introducing on the one hand the great rule makers for just society, men such as Moses, Solon, Jesus and Muhammad, and on the other, the rule-breakers, termed 'Grand Acquisitors'. The latter, motivated by greed, use every means fair and foul to acquire more than their share - from the warring chieftains of early societies to the so-called robber barons of the nineteenth century and in our own times, the emergence of the superpower states.  aWorld History  aFrench Revolution  aRoman Empire  aProtestantism