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Guns and society in colonial Nigeria : firearms, culture, and public order /
Guns are an enduring symbol of imperialism, whether they are used to impose social order, create ceremonial spectacle, incite panic, or to inspire confidence. In Guns and Society, Saheed Aderinto considers the social, political, and economic history of these weapons in colonial Nigeria. As he transc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Firearms in twentieth-century colonial Africa
- "This destructive implement of European ingenuity": firearms, the Atlantic world, and technology transfer in precolonial Nigeria
- All firearms are not made equal: colonialism, social class, and the emergence of a Nigerian gun society
- "A Dane gun is useless without gunpowder": the political economy of Nigeria's most popular explosive
- "All Europeans in this country should be able to fire a rifle": race, leisure shooting, and the lethal symbol of imperial domination
- "Bread and bullet": guns, imperial atrocity, and public disorder
- A fearful weapon: violent crime and gun accidents in everyday Nigeria
- "You are to be robbed of your guns": firearms regulation and the politics of rights and privilege
- Epilogue: Guns and the crisis of development in postcolonial Nigeria.