THE GUN IN CENTRAL AFRICA by Giacomo Macola ( 9780821422120 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE GUN IN CENTRAL AFRICA
A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS

By:

Giacomo Macola

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ISBN 10:

082142212X

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9780821422120

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Publisher:

OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

20 April, 2016

Series:

New African Histories

Pages:

266

Description:

Examining the history of warfare and political development through a technological lens, Macola relates the study of military technology to the history of gender.

Synopsis:

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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Ohio University Press

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