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The East, the West, and Sex: A History Condition:Very Good a study of sexual jealousyIn this wide ranging history, Richard Bernstein explores the connection between sex and power as it has played out between Eastern cultures and the Western explorers, merchants, and conquerors who have visited them. This illuminating book describes the historical and ongoing encounter between these travelers and the morally ambiguous opportunities they found in foreign lands. Bernsteins narrative teems with real figures, from Marco Polo and his