Arming the Periphery: The Arms Trade in the Indian Ocean during the Age of Global Empire by Emrys Chew


Arming the Periphery: The Arms Trade in the Indian Ocean during the Age of Global Empire
Title : Arming the Periphery: The Arms Trade in the Indian Ocean during the Age of Global Empire
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ISBN : 0230354858
ISBN-10 : 9780230354852
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 321
Publication : First published June 12, 2012

A major historical study of the global arms trade, revolving around the transfer of small arms from metropolitan Europe to the turbulent frontiers of Indian Ocean societies during the 'long' nineteenth century (c.1780-1914).