{"product_id":"the-gun-makers-of-birmingham-16601960-9781476683782","title":"The Gun Makers of Birmingham 16601960","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tv\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t1\u003cbr\u003e1. The Early Years\t5\u003cbr\u003e2. A Period of Transition\t27\u003cbr\u003e3. The Triumph of the Birmingham ­Gun Makers\t57\u003cbr\u003e4. Two World Wars\t96\u003cbr\u003e5. Postwar Decline\t107\u003cbr\u003e6. The Gun Makers of Birmingham, 1660–1960\t113\u003cbr\u003e7. Black Country Gun Workers\t217\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I: \"Brown Bess\" by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)\t235\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: Birmingham Gun Firms at the Great Exhibition, 1851\t237\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III: Chronological Location of Manufacturers in the Gun Quarter, 1777–1957\t238\u003cbr\u003eAppendix IV: Displacement of Gun Making Firms and Subsidiaries, Owing to the Cutting of the Inner Ring Road\t239\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t243\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t245\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t247","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040485671255,"sku":"9781476683782","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476683782.jpg?v=1750946905","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gun-makers-of-birmingham-16601960-9781476683782","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}