The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World 0871403161, 9780871403162

1368: China and the Making of the Modern World 9781503631519

A new picture of China's rise since the Age of Exploration and its historical impact on the modern world. The est

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The First American Constitutions: Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era 0807813885, 9780807813881

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The First American Constitutions : Republican Ideology and the Making of the State Constitutions in the Revolutionary Era 9780742580107, 9780742520691

For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development.

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Age Of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame And The Making Of The Modern Arab World 0520971744, 9780520971745

Today’s headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist groups consumed by sectarian

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Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World 9780520971745

"Flawless . . . [Makdisi] reminds us of the critical declarations of secularism which existed in the history of the

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Behemoth : A history of the factory and the making of the modern world 9780393246315, 0393246310, 9780393246322

Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Ye

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The Making of the Consumer: Knowledge, Power and Identity in the Modern World 9781474215725, 9781845202484, 9781845202491

We constantly hear about ‘the consumer’. The ‘consumer’ has become a ubiquitous person in public discourse and academic

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The great divergence: China, Europe, and the making of the modern world economy 9781400813025, 9780691090108, 9780691005430

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The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy 9781400823499

The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth

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A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World 9780300265446

An award-winning historian’s revisionary account of the early modern world, showing how apocalyptic ideas stimulated pol

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