The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World -- Linda Colley, Paperback Pretty Maids ISBN: 9780738772424

ISBN: 9780738772424

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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World -- Linda Colley, Paperback Pretty Maids ISBN: 9780738772424A work of extraordinary range and striking originality, 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