The Gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture / Pamela Haag.
By: Haag, Pamela [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxv, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465048953 (hardcover); 0465048951 (hardcover).Subject(s): Firearms -- Social aspects -- United States -- History | Firearms industry and trade -- United States -- History | Capitalism -- United States -- History | United States -- Social conditions | United States -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 338.4/768340973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.4 H1111 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003859592 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The art and mystery of a gunsmith" -- The American system -- The Crystal Palace -- "Scattering our guns" -- "More wonderful than practical" -- Model 1866 -- "Gun men" and the "Oriental lecturer" -- "Spirit guns" -- "The unhallowed trade" -- The "moral effect" of a Winchester -- Balancing the ledger -- Summer land -- The gun industry's visible hand -- Learning to love the gun -- Mystery house -- "Grotesque, yet magnificent" -- Overbuilding -- The soul of the "gun crank" -- King of Infinite Space -- The West that won the gun -- "Merchants of death."
"An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"-- Provided by publisher.
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