Details
- 20 b/w illus. 5 maps 31 tables
- Page extent: 298 pages
- Size: 228 x 152 mm
- Weight: 0.615 kg
Library of Congress
- Dewey number: 338.4/76234/09560903
- Dewey version: 22
- LC Classification: HD9743.T92 A36 2005
- LC Subject headings:
- Weapons industry--Turkey--History
- Turkey--History, Military
Library of Congress Record
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Contents
| List of figures |
page viii |
| List of maps |
x |
| List of tables |
xi |
| Acknowledgments |
xii |
| Notes on transliteration and place names |
xv |
| List of abbreviations |
xvi |
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Introduction: firearms and armaments industries |
1 |
| 2 |
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Gunpowder technology and the Ottomans |
15 |
| 3 |
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Cannons and muskets |
61 |
| 4 |
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Saltpeter industries |
96 |
| 5 |
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Gunpowder industries |
128 |
| 6 |
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Munitions and ordnance industries |
164 |
| 7 |
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Conclusions: guns and empire |
190 |
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Appendix |
207 |
| Notes on weights and measurements |
242 |
| Bibliography |
248 |
| Index |
260 |
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