Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes by David Priestland

Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes

David Priestland

352 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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A bold new interpretation of modern history as a continual struggle among three prevailing power groups: merchant, soldier, and sageNoted Oxford historian David Priestland argues history is, at base, a conflict among three occupational groups, or ...

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