Merchant, Soldier, Sage A New History of Power

Name: Merchant, Soldier, Sage A New History of Power
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ISBN: 9780143125075

ISBN-10: 0143125079

ISBN-13: 9780143125075

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Authors: David Priestland

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A bold new interpretation of modern history as a struggle between three economic groups We are now living in an age of merchants, but it was not always so. The history of civilization, in large part, is a story of a battle between agrarian aristocracy, the military, and a class of learned experts, or priests. Yet in seventeenth-century England and in the Netherlands, another group entered the mï¿½lï¿½e for power: the merchants. For the last four decades, the merchant's power has been unfettered. In Merchant, Soldier, Sage , acclaimed Oxford scholar David Priestland proposes a radical new approach to understanding today's balance of power, and analyzes the societal and economic historical…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/25/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English