David Priestland: “Merchant ideology has come to dominate the political class.” Video. The Guardian, September 3, 2012. YouTube.
Historian David Priestland is interviewed
about his latest book, Merchant, Soldier,
Sage, in which he argues that history can be seen as a series of battles
between four distinct groups: merchants, warriors, sages and workers. When one
group becomes dominant, he says, a crisis is never far away.
Whatever happened to responsible capitalism? By David Priestland. The Guardian, September 23, 2012.
Popular history has been conquered by a complacent liberalism. By David Priestland. New Statesman, November 1, 2012.
Review of David Priestland: Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes. New York: The Penguin Press, 2013, 343 pp. By Richard J. Evans. The Guardian, August 22, 2012.
A history of power: The mighty coin. Review of David Priestland: Merchant, Soldier, Sage. The Economist, September 1, 2012.
Review of David Priestland: Merchant, Soldier, Sage. By T.H. Barrett. The Independent, September 15, 2012.
Review of David Priestland: Merchant, Soldier, Sage. By Richard Bosworth. Times Higher Education, September 20, 2012.
Route to conflict? David Priestland’s Merchant, Soldier, Sage. By David Blackburn. The Spectator, October 19, 2012.
Priestland contends perpetual power struggle in Merchant, Soldier, Sage. By Matthew Price. The National, October 25, 2012.
Review of David Cannadine, The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, 352 pp. By David Priestland. The Guardian, April 11, 2013.
