Joseph Mckenna

The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960

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Produktbeschreibung

Tracing the history and development of gun-making in Birmingham, England--for many years a center of the world's firearms industry--this book covers innovations in design and manufacture of both military and sporting arms from 1660 through 1960. The city is perhaps best known for mass-producing some of the most battle-tested weapons in history, including the Brown Bess musket, the Webley revolver and the Lee-Enfield rifle. Yet Birmingham's gun-makers have carried on a centuries-long tradition of crafting high quality hand-made sporting guns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9781476683782
• ISBN-10: 1476683786
• Artikelnr.: 62439362

Autorenporträt

Joseph McKenna is a retired local studies librarian, with over 30 years' experience working in the Central Library in Birmingham, England. He formerly sat on the City Council's Conservation Advisory Areas Committee.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1.
The Early Years 2.
A Period of Transition 3.
The Triumph of the Birmingham Gun Makers 4.
Two World Wars 5.
Postwar Decline 6.
The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660-1960 7.
Black Country Gun Workers Appendix I: "Brown Bess" by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Appendix II: Birmingham Gun Firms at the Great Exhibition, 1851 Appendix III: Chronological Location of Manufacturers in the Gun Quarter, 1777-1957 Appendix IV: Displacement of Gun Making Firms and Subsidiaries, Owing to the Cutting of the Inner Ring Road Chapter Notes Bibliography Index