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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aGrant, Jonathan A.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aRulers, Guns, and Money :
_bThe Global Arms Trade in the Age of Imperialism /
_cJonathan A. Grant.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2007]
264 4 _c2007
300 _a1 online resource (304 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tTables --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_t1 Arsenals of Autocracy --
_t2 Hand-Me-Down Guns: The Balkans and Ethiopia --
_t3 Arms Trade Colonialism: Ethiopia and Djibouti --
_t4 Austro-German Hegemony in Eastern Europe --
_t5 A Tale of Two Arms Races --
_t6 The Dreadnought Races --
_t7 Gunning for Krupp --
_tConclusion --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aThe explosion of the industrial revolution and the rise of imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century served to dramatically increase the supply and demand for weapons on a global scale. No longer could arms manufacturers in industrialized nations subsist by supplying their own states' arsenals, causing them to seek markets beyond their own borders. Challenging the traditional view of arms dealers as agents of their own countries, Jonathan Grant asserts that these firms pursued their own economic interests while convincing their homeland governments that weapons sales delivered national prestige and could influence foreign countries. Industrial and banking interests often worked counter to diplomatic interests as arms sales could potentially provide nonindustrial states with the means to resist imperialism or pursue their own imperial ambitions. It was not mere coincidence that the only African country not conquered by Europeans, Ethiopia, purchased weapons from Italy prior to an attempted Italian invasion. From the rise of Remington and Winchester during the American Civil War, to the German firm Krupp's negotiations with the Russian government, to an intense military modernization contest between Chile and Argentina, Grant vividly chronicles how an arms trade led to an all-out arms race, and ultimately to war.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650 0 _aArms transfers
_xHistory.
650 0 _aDefense industries
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWeapons industry
_xHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674273016?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674273016
856 4 2 _3Cover
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