Guns and society in colonial Nigeria : firearms, culture, and public order /
Saheed Aderinto.
Bok Engelsk 2018
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| Opplysninger | 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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| ISBN | 9780253031617 (pbk : alk. paper)
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