238 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is a transnational history of European weapons law that utilizes the law and primary sources to trace the development from early portable firearms to modern-day weapons.
Challenging many conventional assumptions, this book establishes that weapons control in the current sense is a new phenomenon. Control with possession only became dominant between 1918 and 1939, thereby establishing... Read more
1. Pacified social spaces and the hierarchy of arms, 1550-1800 2. Liberal revolutions and conservative constitutions, 1789-1871 3. Industrial firearms, 1870-1914 4. Militant democracy, 1914-1939 5. As few weapons as possible among the population, 1940-2020
Biography
Gunner Lind is Professor Emeritus of Early Modern History, University of Copenhagen. He has published extensively on the history of Denmark on themes including the military, public administration, and social elites.
