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The gun in central Africa : a history of technology and politics / Giacomo Macola.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macola, Giacomo, author.
- Series:
- New African histories series.
- New African Histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firearms--Africa, Central--History.
- Firearms.
- Firearms--Social aspects--Africa, Central--History.
- Central Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining the history of warfare and political development through a technological lens, Macola relates the study of military technology to the history of gender.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Hereditary Titles; Introduction: Firearms and the History of Technology in Africa; Part I: Contexts; 1: Power and International Trade in the Savanna; Part II: Guns and Society on the Upper Zambezi and in Katanga; 2: The Domestication of the Musket on the Upper Zambezi; 3: The Warlord's Muskets; 4: Gun Societies Undone?; Part III: Resisting Guns in Eastern Zambia and Malawi; 5: "They Disdain Firearms"; 6: Of "Martial Races" and Guns; Conclusion: Gun Domestication in Historical Perspective; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780821445556
- 0821445553
- OCLC:
- 944187121
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