Empire Of Guns, Priya Satia

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We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns, is a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia, which upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain ''''s prosperous gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state ''''s imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial society with the story of a scandal- Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one of Britain ''''s most prominent gun makers, was condemned by his fellow Quakers that his profession violated their pacifist principles. In his fervent self-defence, Galton argued that the state ''''s heavy reliance on industry for all of its war needs meant that every member of the British industrial economy is implicated in Britain ''''s near-constant state of war. Empire of Guns uses the story of Galton and the gun trade across the outermost edges of the British empire to illuminate the nation ''''s emergence as a global superpower, the roots of the state ''''s role in economic development, and the origins of our era ''''s debates about gun control and the military-industrial complex that thorny partnership of government, the economy, and the military. Through Satia ''''s eyes, we acquire a radically new understanding of this critical historical moment and all that followed from it.

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We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns, is a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia, which upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain 's prosperous gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state 's imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial society with the story of a scandal- Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one of Britain 's most prominent gun makers, was condemned by his fellow Quakers that his profession violated their pacifist principles. In his fervent self-defence, Galton argued that the state 's heavy reliance on industry for all of its war needs meant that every member of the British industrial economy is implicated in Britain 's near-constant state of war. Empire of Guns uses the story of Galton and the gun trade across the outermost edges of the British empire to illuminate the nation 's emergence as a global superpower, the roots of the state 's role in economic development, and the origins of our era 's debates about gun control and the military-industrial complex that thorny partnership of government, the economy, and the military. Through Satia 's eyes, we acquire a radically new understanding of this critical historical moment and all that followed from it.

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Anul publicarii	2018
ISBN	9780715653043
Format coperta	Cartonata
Numar pagini	544
Limba	Englezã
Domeniul	History
Autor	Priya Satia
De aceeasi editura	Duckworth Books
Goodreads	https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=9780715653043
Dimensiuni	Height: 6.49605 Inches, Length: 9.48817 Inches, Width: 2.00787 Inches