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Empire of guns : the...
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Empire of guns : the violent making of the industrial revolution / Priya Satia.
New York : Penguin Press, c2018.
ISBN:
9780735221864
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xiv, 528 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Part one: The industrial life of guns. The state and the gun industry, part I: 1688-1756 ; Who made guns? ; The state and the gun industry, part II: 1756-1815 ; The state, war, and industrial revolution -- Part two: The social life of guns. Interlude: A brief lesson from African history ; Guns and money ; Guns in arms, part I: Home ; Guns in arms, part II: Abroad -- Part three: The moral life of guns. Interlude: A brief account of the Society of Friends ; Galton's disownment ; The gun trade after 1815 ; Opposition to the gun trade after 1815.
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338.47623 S253e
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