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The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation

JOHN M. HOBSON

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© John M. Hobson 2004

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First published 2004

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Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data
Hobson, John M.
The Eastern origins of Western civilization / John M. Hobson.
   p.   cm.
ISBN 0-521-83835-5 – ISBN 0-521-54724-5 (pbk.)
1. East and West.   2. Civilization, Western – History.   I. Title.
CB251.H63   2004
909′.09821 – dc22   2003063549

ISBN 0 521 83835 5 hardback
ISBN 0 521 54724 5 paperback