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    <title>Merchant, Soldier, Sage</title>
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    <extent>330 pages :  illustrations ; 20 cm . </extent>
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  <abstract>Outlines a reinterpretation of modern history that explores a continuing struggle among three prevailing power groups--the merchant, soldier, and sage--and traces how they have vied for dominance throughout recent centuries.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by David Priestland</note>
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