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100			_aPhilippe Gigantes _9234065
245			_aPower and greed _b: A short history of the world
260			_aLondon _bConstable _c2002
300			_axiiii,258p _bHB _c21x14cm
365			_2History _b12.99 _c£ _d12.99
520			_aThis lively and fascinating book by a professor of history deals with human greed and power and how these determine world events. Gigantès takes the reader on a hair-raising journey through time, introducing on the one hand the great rule makers for just society, men such as Moses, Solon, Jesus and Muhammad, and on the other, the rule-breakers, termed 'Grand Acquisitors'. The latter, motivated by greed, use every means fair and foul to acquire more than their share - from the warring chieftains of early societies to the so-called robber barons of the nineteenth century and in our own times, the emergence of the superpower states.
650			_aWorld History _930788
650			_aFrench Revolution _930789
650			_aRoman Empire _930790
650			_aProtestantism _930791
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