The Gun, the Ship & the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
In discussion with Prof Linda Colley FBA about her latest book on warfare, constitutions and the making of the modern world.
The Gun, the Ship & the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World
29 Jul 2021, 18:00 – 19:15
The latest book by prize winning author Prof Linda Colley FBA (Professor of History at Princeton) is about the global history of written constitutions from the 1750s to the modern day, and the close connections between constitutions and warfare. She will be discussing the ideas in the book with Dr Harshan Kumarasingham (Edinburgh) and Robert Hazell (Constitution Unit).
Read the first two chapters of the book
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