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Empire of guns : the violent making of the industrial revolution Cover Image Book Book

Empire of guns : the violent making of the industrial revolution

Satia, Priya (author.).

Summary: A reframing of the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and the emergence of industrial capitalism presents them as inextricable from the gun trade and the story of disgraced Quaker gunmaker Samuel Galton.

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  • ISBN: 0735221863
  • ISBN: 9780735221864
  • Physical Description: print
    xiv, 528 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-507) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part one: The industrial life of guns. The state and the gun industry, part I: 1688-1756 ; Who made guns? ; The state and the gun industry, part II: 1756-1815 ; The state, war, and industrial revolution -- Part two: The social life of guns. Interlude: A brief lesson from African history ; Guns and money ; Guns in arms, part I: Home ; Guns in arms, part II: Abroad -- Part three: The moral life of guns. Interlude: A brief account of the Society of Friends ; Galton's disownment ; The gun trade after 1815 ; Opposition to the gun trade after 1815.

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Subject: Galton, Samuel 1753-1832
Firearms industry and trade Great Britain History 18th century
Industrial revolution Great Britain
Great Britain Economic conditions 18th century
HISTORY Europe Great Britain Georgian Era (1714-1837)
HISTORY Military Weapons
HISTORY Social History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries Manufacturing
Genre: Nonfiction.

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Clayton County Library System:
      Headquarters Library 		338.4 SATIA, PRIYA ( Send Text)
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