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Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History New edition
Gunpowder, Explosives and the State: A Technological History
Presents an investigation of the technology of explosives manufacture, with chapters ranging in scope from the Old World to the New, from sources of raw materials in south-east Asia to the complications of manufacture in the West. This book shows that the story is more than the simple one of how an intriguing product was made.
425 pages, 82 b&w illustrations and figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 28, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780754652595 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 449 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 243 × 32 mm · 852 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Buchanan, Brenda J. |