Priya Satia <br/><br/>
Empire of Guns:  The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution 

 - 528 p.,  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The state and the gun industry, part 1 : 1688-1756 -- Who made guns? -- The state and the gun industry, part 2 : 1756-1815 -- The state, war, and industrial revolution -- Interlude : a brief lesson from African history -- Guns and money -- Guns in arms, part 1 : home -- Guns in Arms, part 2 : abroad -- Interlude : a brief account of the Society of Friends -- Galton's disownment -- The gun trade after 1815 -- Opposition to the gun trade after 1815. 
<br/><br/> "This ambitious book reframes the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of British empire, and emergence of industrial capitalism by presenting them as inextricable from the gun trade"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780715653050 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Firearms industry and trade--History--Great Britain--18th century<br/>Industrial revolution--Great Britain<br/>War--Economic aspects--History--Great Britain--18th century<br/>Industrial policy--History--Great Britain--18th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century