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The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley
$28.00 AUD
Category: European
Award-winning historian Linda Colley re-examines the making of the modern world through the advance of written constitutions. These days, most countries have a constitution - written or unwritten. The rules therein provide a reference point for government and the judiciary, and are appealed to by polit ...Show more
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World by Linda Colley
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
Starting not with the United States, but with the Corsican constitution of 1755, The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen moves through every continent, disrupting accepted narratives. Both monarchs and radicals play a role, from Catherine the Great of Russia, with her remarkable Nakaz, to Sierra Leone's James Af ...Show more
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