Pelicans ISBN 0 14 02.2521 8 - Powers & Liberties The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West

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First published by Basil Blackwell 1985 Printed in Pelican Books 1986

Copyright © John A. Hall, 1985 All rights reserved

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