Kenneth Chase

Firearms

A Global History to 1700

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Produktbeschreibung

This book asks why Europeans perfected firearms when the Chinese had invented them by looking at how firearms were used throughout the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9780521722407
• ISBN-10: 0521722403
• Artikelnr.: 23366796

Autorenporträt

Kenneth W. Chase is an attorney at the law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton. He received his Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Oikoumene
The Steppe
The Desert
Logistics
Cavalry
Firearms
China to 1500: The invention of firearms
The rise of the Ming
The Ming military
The Hongwu campaigns
The Yongle campaigns
Vietnam
The South Seas
Tumu
Europe: The introduction of firearms
Sieges and battles
Geography
Guns and horses
Guns and ships
Guns and bows
Eastern Europe
The Americas
Western Islamdom: Turkey
The Ottoman military
The Balkans
The Mediterranean
Ottoman success
Egypt
The Mamluk military
Mamluk warfare
Marj Dabiq
Mamluk failure
The Maghrib
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Islamdom: Iran
The Safavid military
Azarbayjan
Khurasan
Safavid success or failure?
India
The Afghans
The Mughals
The Portuguese
Southeast Asia
China From 1500: Foreign firearms
New Chinese firearms
Institutional change
Japanese pirates
The Great Wall
Wagons
The fall of the Ming
The Qing dynasty
Korea and Japan: Korea
Japan
Tanegashima
Nobunaga
Unification
The first invasion of Korea
The Korean response
The second invasion of Korea
The Tokugawa
Conclusion: Firearms after 1700
The world after 1700
Wagons and pikes
Firearms and nomads.