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Winner of the 2022 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award.
Winner of the 2022 James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History
Winner of the 2023 Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award
Behind the revolutionary rhetoric lies a kleptocracy – a system built on corruption, power, and control.
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