9780521822749 - firearms: a global history to 1700 von chase, kenneth (7 Ergebnisse)
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Anbieter: River House Books, San Antonio, TX, USARiver House Books
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover Cloth 290 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition 2003. Elegant tan boards with and red embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear with undam…aged corners. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Kenneth Chase traces the history of firearms from their invention in China in the 1100s to the 1700s, when European firearms had become clearly superior. In Firearms, Chase asks why it was the Europeans who perfected firearms, not the Chinese, and then proceeds to answer it through no-nonsense discussions of the geographic, cultural, technological, economic and security threat conditions experienced by the main civilizations during the developmental period of firearms.Early firearms were restricted to infantry and siege warfare, limiting their use outside of Europe and Japan. Steppe and desert nomads imposed a different style of warfare on the Middle East, India, and China--a style incompatible with firearms. By the time that better firearms allowed these regions to turn the tables on the nomads, Japan's self-imposed isolation left Europe with no rival in firearms design, production, or use, with lasting consequences.
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Zustand: Very Good. 1 Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Zustand: New. pp. 310 Illus., Maps.
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Zustand: New. This book asks why Europeans perfected firearms when the Chinese had invented them by looking at how firearms were used throughout the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 line diagram 9 half-tones 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1H; 3H; HBG; JWA; PDR; WSXS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Educa…tion (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630. . 2003. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is a history of firearms across the world from the 1100s up to the 1700s, from their invention in China to the time when European firearms had become clearly superior. It asks why it was the Europeans who perfected firearms when it was the Chinese… who had invented them, and answers this question by looking at how firearms were used throughout the world. Early firearms were restricted to infantry and siege warfare, limiting their use outside of Europe and Japan. Steppe and desert nomads imposed a different style of warfare on the Middle East, India, and China - a style with which firearms were incompatible. By the time that better firearms allowed these regions to turn the tables on the nomads, Japan's self-imposed isolation left Europe with no rival in firearms design, production, or use, with consequences that are still with us today.
