Multinationals. A history of the contemporary world

Whether one consumes their products, admires their brands or denounces their practices, multinationals are omnipresent. But do we really know them? How have they become what they are today? This ambitious sum, involving researchers and journalists, offers a world fresco and an unprecedented critical genealogy. It enumerates companies and brands in "great history" and tells about the economic, political, legal, technical, financial or cultural ch…