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In Power in Modernity, Isaac Ariail Reed proposes a bold new theory of power that describes overlapping networks of delegation and domination. Chains of power a

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Annotation A sophisticated and groundbreaking book on what women actually did and what actually happened to them during the French Revolution.

This book argues that the introduction of popular sovereignty as the basis for government in France facilitated a dramatic transformation in international law i