Book ID: CBB868566406

A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (2013)

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Firearms have been studied by imperial historians mainly as means of human destruction and material production. Yet firearms have always been invested with a whole array of additional social and symbolical meanings. By placing these meanings at the centre of analysis, the essays presented in this volume extend the study of the gun beyond the confines of military history and the examination of its impact on specific colonial encounters. By bringing cultural perspectives to bear on this most pervasive of technological artefacts, the contributors explore the densely interwoven relationships between firearms and broad processes of social change. In so doing, they contribute to a fuller understanding of some of the most significant consequences of British and American imperial expansions. Not the least original feature of the book is its global frame of reference. Bringing together historians of different periods and regions, A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire overcomes traditional compartmentalisations of historical knowledge and encourages the drawing of novel and illuminating comparisons across time and space.

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Review Michael Wright (January 2016) Review of "A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire". International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology (pp. 115-117). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Bill Nasson (2013) ‘Give Him a Gun, NOW’: Soldiers but Not Quite Soldiers in South Africa’s Second World War, 1939–1945. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 191-210). unapi

Chapter Spencer Jones (2013) ‘The Shooting of the Boers was Extraordinary’: British Views of Boer Marksmanship in the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899–1902. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 251-266). unapi

Chapter Ian F.W. Beckett (2013) Retrospective Icon: The Martini-Henry. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 233-250). unapi

Chapter Matthew C. Ward (2013) Guns, Violence and Identity on the Trans-Appalachian American Frontier. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 17-38). unapi

Chapter David Welch; Karen R. Jones; Giacomo Macola (2013) Introduction: New Perspectives on Firearms in the Age of Empire. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 1-14). unapi

Chapter Timothy Bowman (2013) Irish Paramilitarism and Gun Cultures, 1910–1921. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 267-284). unapi

Chapter Giacomo Macola (2013) ‘They Disdain Firearms’: The Relationship between Guns and the Ngoni of Eastern Zambia to the Early Twentieth Century. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 101-128). unapi

Chapter Jack Hogan (2013) ‘Hardly a Place for a Nervous Old Gentleman to Take a Stroll’: Firearms and the Zulu during the Anglo-Zulu War. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 129-148). unapi

Chapter Simon Ball (2013) The Battle of Dubai: Firearms on Britain’s Arabian Frontier, 1906–1915. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 165-190). unapi

Chapter Kevin Yuill (2013) ‘Better Die Fighting against Injustice than to Die Like a Dog’: African-Americans and Guns, 1866–1941. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 211-230). unapi

Chapter Gianluca Pastori (2013) Steel and Blood: For a Cultural History of Edged Weapons between the Late Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Centuries. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 149-162). unapi

Chapter Jason Bruner (2013) Fishers of Men and Hunters of Lion: British Missionaries and Big Game Hunting in Colonial Africa. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 57-72). unapi

Chapter Karen Jones (2013) Guns, Masculinity and Marksmanship: Codes of Killing and Conservation in the Nineteenth-Century American West. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 39-56). unapi

Chapter Matthew Cragoe (2013) Cockney Sportsmen? Recreational Shooting in London and Beyond, 1800–1870. In: A Cultural History of Firearms in the Age of Empire (pp. 73-98). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Macola, Giacomo
Jones, Karen R.
Matthew C. Ward
Skeehan, Danielle C.
Matthew Cragoe
Ford, Matthew C.
Concepts
Firearms
Technology and culture
Weapons
Technology and war; technology and the military
Imperialism
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, early
Choson dynasty (Korea, 1392-1910)
Places
Americas
China
Great Britain
Atlantic world
Indian Ocean
Zambia
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