The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture
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- ISBN: 9780465048953
- ISBN: 0465048951
- ISBN: 9780465098569
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Physical Description:
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xxv, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-478) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "The art and mystery of a gunsmith" -- The American system -- The Crystal Palace – "Scattering our guns" – "More wonderful than practical" -- Model 186600 – "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." |
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