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Firearms - The Life Story of a Technology (Hardcover, New)
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Firearms - The Life Story of a Technology (Hardcover, New)
Series: Greenwood Technographies
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Guns have existed in various forms for hundreds of years, and few
objects have had such an immense impact on the history of the
world. But how did firearms develop? Why did the styles of guns
change over the years? Firearms tells the "life story" of the gun,
from the hand-held weapons of ancient humans, to the medieval guns
of China that propelled objects by chemical reactions, to the
modern assault rifle, the gun as the primary weapon in the modern
army, and the gun as a tool for hunting. Not only does the book
demonstrate how firearms developed--an evolution dependent upon
years of trial and error, and often based on the recurrent need for
power, accuracy and a fast rate of fire--but it shows how these
advances directly affected the everyday life of people in almost
every civilization on earth. Firearms provides both students and
interested lay readers with insights on how this ubiquitous
technology came to be. The work does not focus on just one type of
firearm, but covers all types of relevant weapons. Exploring the
"life-story" of the gun enables the reader to understand how the
firearm came of age in Europe, where competition between nations
led to the development of different types of firearms--now known as
matchlock, wheelock, and flintlock. As successful as these designs
were, it was the precision manufacturing of industrialization that
would allow the invention of revolvers, breechloaders, and
repeating rifles. Eventually, recognition that the gas and recoil
of a shot could be used to reload a gun encouraged development of
the semi- and fully-automatic weapons that dominate firearm designs
today. Firearms includes a timeline of significant developments in
the history of guns, and a bibliography of the most important works
for further research.
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