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The Arms Trade in East Africa in the Late Nineteenth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

R. W. Beachey
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The unrestricted trade in arms and ammunition in East Africa in the late nineteenth century was one of the most important problems facing European administrators, missionaries, and traders.

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The Journal of African History , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , November 1962 , pp. 451 - 467
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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