Aderinto, Saheed, <br/><br/>
Guns and society in colonial Nigeria :  firearms, culture, and public order / 
Saheed Aderinto. 
 - Bloomington, Indiana :  Indiana University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253031624 9780253031600 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017021897 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Firearms--Social aspects--History--Nigeria--20th century.<br/>Firearms--Political aspects--History--Nigeria--20th century.<br/>Gun control--History--Nigeria--20th century.<br/>Firearms ownership--History--Nigeria--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV7439  / .G867 2018