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Priya Satia, "Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution" (Bloomsbury, 2019)

New Books in Early Modern History

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The Evolution of Gun Use in 18th Century British Society

Exploring the shift from guns being primarily used for property defense to casual violence during the Napoleonic Wars, prompting a moral questioning of their use in relation to violence on plantations and the slave trade.

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