TY - BOOK AU - Aderinto,Saheed TI - Guns and society in colonial Nigeria: firearms, culture, and public order SN - 9780253031624 AV - HV7439 .G867 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Bloomington, Indiana PB - Indiana University Press KW - Firearms KW - Social aspects KW - Nigeria KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Political aspects KW - Gun control KW - Firearms ownership KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1742327&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -