Guns and Society in Colonial Nigeria : Firearms, Culture, and Public Order / Saheed Aderinto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aderinto, Saheed, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms ownership--Nigeria--History--20th century.

Firearms ownership.

Gun control--Nigeria--History--20th century.

Gun control.

Firearms--Political aspects--Nigeria--History--20th century.

Firearms.

Firearms--Social aspects--Nigeria--History--20th century.

Nigeria--Colonial influence.

Nigeria.

Nigeria--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Considering guns in this larger context provides a clearer understanding of the ways in which they transformed a colonized society.

Contents:

Introduction: Firearms in twentieth-century colonial Africa

"This destructive implement of European ingenuity": firearms, the Atlantic world, and technology transfer in precolonial Nigeria

All firearms are not made equal: colonialism, social class, and the emergence of a Nigerian gun society

"A Dane gun is useless without gunpowder": the political economy of Nigeria's most popular explosive

"All Europeans in this country should be able to fire a rifle": race, leisure shooting, and the lethal symbol of imperial domination

"Bread and bullet": guns, imperial atrocity, and public disorder

A fearful weapon: violent crime and gun accidents in everyday Nigeria

"You are to be robbed of your guns": firearms regulation and the politics of rights and privilege

Epilogue: Guns and the crisis of development in postcolonial Nigeria.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253031624

0253031621

OCLC:

985966876