Empire of guns : the violent making of the Industrial Revolution /
Satia, Priya,
Empire of guns : the violent making of the Industrial Revolution / Priya Satia. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiv, 528 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
"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"--
9781503610828
2019026214
Firearms industry and trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Industrial revolution--Great Britain.
War--Economic aspects--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Industrial policy--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Electronic Books.
HD9744 / .E475 2018
Empire of guns : the violent making of the Industrial Revolution / Priya Satia. - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xiv, 528 pages) : illustrations, maps
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.
"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"--
9781503610828
2019026214
Firearms industry and trade--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Industrial revolution--Great Britain.
War--Economic aspects--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Industrial policy--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Electronic Books.
HD9744 / .E475 2018