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At once comprehensive and accessible, this monumental work of scholarship shows that centuries of bloodshed and diplomacy not only helped shape the political identities of the Western Hemisphere but also the laws, institutions, and ideals that govern the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A culmination of a decades-long engagement with hemispheric history, drawing on a vast array of sources, and told with authority and flair, this is a genuinely new history of the New World.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53259334222097,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53259334254865,"sku":"NIN9780593831274","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593831274.jpg?v=1776940804"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/collections\/author-books-by-greg-grandin.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}