Arming the Periphery : The Arms Trade in the Indian Ocean During the Age of Global Empire
ISBN: 9781137006608
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Subjects: History;

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).


EMRYS CHEW Assistant Professor of History at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on the interconnections between Asian and global history, with particular emphasis on the cross-cultural networks and exchanges that transformed warfare and strategy.
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