Empire of guns the violent making of the Industrial Revolution / Priya Satia.

Author/creator Satia, Priya
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford : Stanford University Press, 2019.
Description1 online resource
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Subjects
Firearms industry and trade--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Industrial revolution--Great Britain.
War--Economic aspects. --Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Industrial policy--Great Britain. --History. --18th century.
Great Britain--Colonies. --History. --18th century.

Contents The state and the gun industry, part 1 : 1688-1756 -- Who made guns? -- The state and the gun industry, part 2 : 1756-1815 -- The state, war, and industrial revolution -- Interlude : a brief lesson from African history -- Guns and money -- Guns in arms, part 1 : home -- Guns in Arms, part 2 : abroad -- Interlude : a brief account of the Society of Friends -- Galton's disownment -- The gun trade after 1815 -- Opposition to the gun trade after 1815.
Abstract "This ambitious book reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Satia, Priya. Empire of guns Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2019. 9781503610484
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019026214
ISBN9781503610828 (ebook)
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