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DHI London
Merchandise of Power: Arms Trade and Control between Europe and East Africa, 1850-1919
Projektbeginn: 2015
Antragsteller/-in, Sprecher/-in, Projektleitung:
Felix Brahm
Themengebiet:
Geschichte allgemein
Ort:
Afrika,
Europa
Zeit: 19. Jahrhundert
Epoche:
Frühe Neuzeit
This research project studies the extensive firearms trade in East Africa in the context of globalizing trade relations and British and German colonialism. Following the global commodity chains of the local firearms business, the project takes a close look at the different locations and actors involved. It explores the local transfer und appropriation of firearms technology, examines the usage of guns in various contexts, and assesses the social and ecological implications of firearms proliferation. African and European regimes of arms control are also studied and their significance for state-building and the construction of colonial society is analysed. In addition, the moralization of the arms business and the colonial roots of international arms trade regulation are investigated.