Firearms: The Life Story of a Technology

by Roger Pauly

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313327963
• ISBN13: 9780313327964
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"