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Empire of guns : the violent making of the Industrial Revolution / Priya Satia.
LIBRA HD9744.F553 S28 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satia, Priya, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firearms industry and trade--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Firearms industry and trade.
- Industrial revolution--Great Britain.
- Industrial revolution.
- Industrial policy.
- History.
- War--Economic aspects.
- Great Britain.
- War--Economic aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- War.
- Industrial policy--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
- Colonies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 528 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This ambitious book reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The state and the gun industry, part 1 : 1688-1756
- Who made guns?
- The state and the gun industry, part 2 : 1756-1815
- The state, war, and industrial revolution
- Interlude : a brief lesson from African history
- Guns and money
- Guns in arms, part 1 : home
- Guns in Arms, part 2 : abroad
- Interlude : a brief account of the Society of Friends
- Galton's disownment
- The gun trade after 1815
- Opposition to the gun trade after 1815
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Satia, Priya, Empire of guns
- ISBN:
- 9781503610484
- 1503610489
- OCLC:
- 1097960118
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