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The gun, the ship, and the pen, warfare, constitutions, and the making of the modern world, Linda Colley

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The gun, the ship, and the pen, warfare, constitutions, and the making of the modern world, Linda Colley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-475) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gun, the ship, and the pen

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

Linda Colley

Sub title

warfare, constitutions, and the making of the modern world

Summary

The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen traces the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the twentieth century, modifying accepted narratives and uncovering the close connections between the making of constitutions and the making of war. In the process, Linda Colley both reappraises famous constitutions and recovers those that have been marginalized but were central to the rise of a modern world

Table Of Contents

The multiple trajectories of war -- Old Europe, new ideas -- The force of print -- Armies of legislators -- Exception and engine -- Those not meant to win, those unwilling to lose -- The light, the dark and the long 1860s -- Break out

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