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The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture Cover Image Book Book

The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture

Haag, Pamela (author.).

Summary: "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"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780465048953
  • ISBN: 0465048951
  • ISBN: 9780465098569
  • Physical Description: print
    xxv, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 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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