Author:
Satia, Priya, author.
ImprintStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Descriptionxiv, 528 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-507) and index.
Note:"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.
