The gun in central Africa : a history of technology and politics /
Giacomo Macola.
Bok Engelsk 2016
Omfang | xv, 249 pages : : illustrations, maps ;
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Opplysninger | Firearms and the history of technology in Africa -- Power and international trade in the savanna -- The domestication of the musket on the Upper Zambezi -- The warlord's muskets : the political economy of Garenganze -- Gun societies undone? The effects of British and Belgian rule -- "They disdain firearms" : the relationship between guns and the Ngoni -- Of "martial races" and guns : the politics of honor to the early twentieth century -- Conclusion: gun domestication in historical perspective.
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ISBN | 9780821422113 (hc : alk. paper). - 9780821422120 (pb : alk. paper). - 9780821445556 (pdf)
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