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A State Is Not The Same Thing As A Society, Although The Greeks And Romans Thought It Was. A State Is An Organization Of Power On A Territorial Basis.

I Came Into History From A Primary Concern With Mathematics And Science. This Has Been A Tremendous Help To Me As A Person And As A Historian, Although It Must Be Admitted It Has Served To Make My Historical Interpretations Less Conventional Than May Be Acceptable Of Many Of My Colleagues In The Field.

When Profits Are Pursued By Geographic Interchange Of Goods, So That Commerce For Profit Becomes The Central Mechanism Of The System, We Usually Call It "commercial Capitalism." In Such A System Goods Are Conveyed From Ares Where They Are More Common (and Therefore Cheaper) To Areas Where They Are Less Common (and Therefore Less Cheap). This Process Leads To Regional Specialization And To Division Of Labor, Both In Agricultural Production And In Handicrafts.

The Process By Which Civilization, As An Abstract Entity Distinct From The Societies In Which It Is Embodied, Dies Or Is Reborn Is A Very Significant One.

On This Basis, Which Was Originally Financial And Goes Back To George Peabody, There Grew Up In The Twentieth Century A Power Structure Between London And New York Which Penetrated Deeply Into University Life, The Press, And The Practice Of Foreign Policy.