Dalrymple, William
Summary: In August 1756 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected taxes through means of a ruthless private army--what we would now call an act of involuntary privatization. The East India Company's founding charter authorized it to "wage war" and it had always used violence to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.3 DALCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 954.03 DALSummary: Cyber-security engineer Elliot Anderson, along with the titular character and fsociety, starts a revolution to change the world. Season four will pick up where the third season finale left off, delving into the pros and cons of Elliot hitting ₁send₂ on the email that could reverse Five/Nine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MRSummary: Enter the "completely captivating" world of Mr. Robot. Cyber-security engineer by day and vigilante hacker by night, Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. Compelled by his personal beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEOs he believes are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MR.Summary: A documentary on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions. Filmmaker Jonathan Nossiter travels to France, California, Italy and New York, speaking with winemakers both large and small. The film offers a look at how business concerns and the homogenization of tastes around the world are changing the way wine is being made. Nossiter's primary focus is on American vintners...
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Publisher / Publication Date: distributed exclusively by THINKFilm 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MON1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MON
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MON RATED PG-13Sisson, Natalie
Summary: "After eight years of working in the soul-crushing bureaucracy of the corporate world, Natalie Sisson quit her high-paying job and moved to Canada, started a blog, and cofounded a technology company. In just eighteen months she learned how to build an online platform from scratch, and then left to start her own business--which involved visiting Argentina to eat empanadas, play Ultimate Frisbee,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Star Way 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 651 SISSummary: How did China go from agrarian-based communism to being the world's top source for consumer goods? By following three European buyers obtaining wholesale merchandise, this program explores China's manufacturing industry and its attempt to balance economic concerns with political and social ideals. Visiting Chinese factory towns, the buyers meet an ex-communist CEO who talks about what changed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: As a director of the World Bank and head of the Makeda Fund, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala works for change throughout all of Africa. "Already this morning there were some allusions to the Africa that you hear about all the time," she says in this TEDTalk: "the Africa of HIV/AIDS, the Africa of malaria, the Africa of poverty, the Africa of conflict, and the Africa of disasters." She then proceeds to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: China's global influence has grown enormously since the turn of the new century. Now the second-largest economy in the world, its citizens are buying up consumer goods both domestically and from abroad in record numbers. In this collection of 12 ABC News segments, anchor Diane Sawyer travels from Beijing to Shanghai exploring life in the Asian nation and the part the U.S. has played in shaping...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Due to its rapidly growing economy and a new demand for consumer goods, China is challenged to create a model for long-term sustainable development. In this program Hazel Henderson talks with Professor Zhouying Jin, author of Global Technological Change, about efforts in China to cultivate a green economy. The country has made great strides in clean energy, and is the world's largest exporter...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: The Koran strictly forbids charging, earning, or incurring interest-a tenet that has kept the Islamic world from fully participating in global financial systems. But, thanks to a range of innovations, the ban is now seen as a building block in many of Asia's emerging economies. Visiting bustling commerce centers in Malaysia and Bangladesh, this program reports on the growing significance of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Has China circumvented the economic woes of America and Europe, or is the "Chinese miracle" headed for similar implosions in its housing and financial markets? For answers, this film seeks out the opinions of several Chinese commentators-from respected economists who offer complex analysis to ordinary Beijing citizens who describe their day-to-day struggles with the country's rapid changes....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011