Ex-library: original owner's name stamped on one page; library label on spine (from our library). Very little use; very clean and tight. Copyright 1957; fifth printing, February 1964. Seller Inventory # 002370

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Title: Oriental Despotism: A Comparative Study of ...

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Publication Date: 1957

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Argues that totalitarian rule arose in the Orient because of the need to control water, and that communism is an extension of this highly managerial form of government

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