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Samuel Galton, a prominent gun manufacturer, lived in Birmingham, England. The contradiction between his member in the Quaker community and his profession is investigated by Priya Satia in her new book Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution.

One of the hallmarks of the Quaker faith is the refusal to participate in war. When the church brought the issue up with Galton in 1795 his response was that the entire economy of England, who had been in a state of war for decades, contributed to the war, regardless of the industry. The leaders of the religious group didn’t agree and Galton was ousted from their ranks.

“What if we’ve all missed the big story about the Industrial Revolution? That so much of it was driven by war, to the extent that it would be hard to be a person of industry without being involved in war?” Satia says. This book has already been added to my audio queue and I look forward to hearing more about how the Industrial Revolution was driven by warfare and gun manufacture.

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