The Gun in Central Africa A History of Technology and Politics
Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers a thorough reassessment of the history of firearms in central Africa. Marrying the insights of Africanist historiogra...
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| Médium: | E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | English |
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Athens, OH
Ohio University Press
2016
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| Vydanie: | 1 |
| Edícia: | New African Histories |
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| ISBN: | 0821422111, 9780821422113, 0821445553, 9780821445556, 9780821422120, 082142212X |
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| Shrnutí: | Why did some central African peoples embrace gun technology in
the nineteenth century, and others turn their backs on it? In
answering this question, The Gun in Central Africa offers
a thorough reassessment of the history of firearms in central
Africa. Marrying the insights of Africanist historiography with
those of consumption and science and technology studies, Giacomo
Macola approaches the subject from a culturally sensitive
perspective that encompasses both the practical and the symbolic
attributes of firearms.
Informed by the view that the power of objects extends beyond
their immediate service functions, The Gun in Central
Africa presents Africans as agents of technological
re-innovation who understood guns in terms of their changing social
structures and political interests. By placing firearms at the
heart of the analysis, this volume casts new light on processes of
state formation and military revolution in the era of the
long-distance trade, the workings of central African gender
identities and honor cultures, and the politics of the colonial
encounter. |
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| ISBN: | 0821422111 9780821422113 0821445553 9780821445556 9780821422120 082142212X |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctv224tw15 |