01293nam a22002417a 4500 20250805155812.0 220421b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 1841195537 AL eng 23 909 GIGP Philippe Gigantes 234065 Power and greed : A short history of the world London Constable 2002 xiiii,258p HB 21x14cm History 12.99 £ 12.99 This 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. World History 30788 French Revolution 30789 Roman Empire 30790 Protestantism 30791 ddc GF 222541 222541 0 0 ddc 0 3 HIS AL AL RS 2013-03-24 1 909 GIGP GF03068 2022-10-13 00:00:00 2022-07-09 2022-04-21 GF