| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2021007920 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781984878533 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1984878530 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1232148629 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1262790518 |
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(OCoLC)1267416200 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
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n-us-ca |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HG172.T46 |
| Item number |
C43 2021 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
332.092 Cha |
| Item number |
9 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
332.092 Cha |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chafkin, Max, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The contrarian : |
| Remainder of title |
Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's pursuit of power |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Max Chafkin. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (chiefly color) ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm |
| Type of unit |
Hardback book. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction -- Fuck you, world -- A strange, strange boy -- Hope you die -- World domination index -- Heinous activity -- Gray areas -- Hedging -- Inception -- R.I.P good times -- The new military-industrial complex -- The absolute taboo -- Building the base -- Public intellectual, private reactionary -- Backup plans -- Out for Trump -- The Thiel theory of government -- Deportation force -- Evil lust -- To the mat -- Back to the future -- Epilogue: You will live forever. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics Since the days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, no industry has made a greater impact on the world than Silicon Valley. And few individuals have done more to shape Silicon Valley than billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel. From the technologies we use every day to the delicate power balance between Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and Washington, Thiel has been a behind-the-scenes operator influencing countless aspects of our contemporary way of life. But despite his power and the ubiquity of his projects, no public figure is quite so mysterious. In the first major biography of Thiel, Max Chafkin traces the trajectory of the innovator's singular life and worldview, from his upbringing as the child of immigrant parents and years at Stanford as a burgeoning conservative thought leader to his founding of PayPal and Palantir, early investment in Facebook and SpaceX, and relationships with fellow tech titans Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt. The Contrarian illuminates the extent to which Thiel has sought to export his values to the corridors of power beyond Silicon Valley, including funding the lawsuit that bankrupted the blog Gawker to strenuously backing far-right political candidates, including Donald Trump for president in 2016. Eye-opening and deeply reported, The Contrarian is a revelatory biography of a one-of-a-kind leader and an incisive portrait of a tech industry whose explosive growth and power is both thrilling and fraught with controversy"-- |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
109307 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thiel, Peter, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1967- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Capitalists and financiers |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Power (Social sciences) |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| Geographic subdivision |
Silicon Valley. |
| 651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Display text |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Chafkin, Max. |
| Title |
The contrarian |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
New York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021] |
| International Standard Book Number |
9781984878540 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2021007921 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
300 - 399 |