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I thought it was interesting seeing some of the work of one of the men who inspired the TV show Mad Men. I also appreciate that we are talking about the fact that a lot of history is a very western idea of history and a lot of important people are being left out. It would be really interesting to see some of that in the future that the book does not touch upon.

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