The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1775
Title | The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1775 PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Ashley |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
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Illustrated the impact of diverse movements and various individuals on European history and on development in the U.S., Asia, and elsewhere.
History of the Western World: The age of absolutism, 1648-1775
Title | History of the Western World: The age of absolutism, 1648-1775 PDF eBook |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Civilization, Western |
ISBN | 9780297767145 |
The Age of Absolutism
Title | The Age of Absolutism PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Ashley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 1974 |
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The Dial
Title | The Dial PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Fisher Browne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1068 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | American literature |
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The American Historical Review
Title | The American Historical Review PDF eBook |
Author | John Franklin Jameson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1000 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | History |
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American Historical Review is the oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States and the largest in the world. Published by the American Historical Association, it covers all areas of historical research.
The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Title | The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2078 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | English literature |
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The Moral Purpose of the State
Title | The Moral Purpose of the State PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Reus-Smit |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2009-11-02 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1400823250 |
This book seeks to explain why different systems of sovereign states have built different types of fundamental institutions to govern interstate relations. Why, for example, did the ancient Greeks operate a successful system of third-party arbitration, while international society today rests on a combination of international law and multilateral diplomacy? Why did the city-states of Renaissance Italy develop a system of oratorical diplomacy, while the states of absolutist Europe relied on naturalist international law and "old diplomacy"? Conventional explanations of basic institutional practices have difficulty accounting for such variation. Christian Reus-Smit addresses this problem by presenting an alternative, "constructivist" theory of international institutional development, one that emphasizes the relationship between the social identity of the state and the nature and origin of basic institutional practices. Reus-Smit argues that international societies are shaped by deep constitutional structures that are based on prevailing beliefs about the moral purpose of the state, the organizing principle of sovereignty, and the norm of procedural justice. These structures inform the imaginations of institutional architects as they develop and adjust institutional arrangements between states. As he shows with detailed reference to ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, absolutist Europe, and the modern world, different cultural and historical contexts lead to profoundly different constitutional structures and institutional practices. The first major study of its kind, this book is a significant addition to our theoretical and empirical understanding of international relations, past and present.