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Culture Influence On American Culture

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This book is written by Eric Jones who was one of the world 's leading economic historians. He personal look at the question that many historians ask as to of whether culture determines economics or is instead determined by itself. Bringing a surplus amount of originality to the issue of cultural change over the long-term course of global economic

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