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Author Macola, Giacomo, author

Title The gun in central Africa : a history of technology and politics / Giacomo Macola
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series New African histories
New African histories series.
Contents 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
Summary Examining the history of warfare and political development through a technological lens, Macola relates the study of military technology to the history of gender
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-241) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Firearms -- Africa, Central -- History
Firearms -- Social aspects -- Africa, Central -- History
HOUSE & HOME -- General.
HISTORY / Social History
Firearms
Firearms -- Social aspects
Central Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821445556
0821445553