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Title:
The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture / Pamela Haag.
Author:
Haag, Pamela, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016

©2016
Call Number:
TS533.2 .H33 2016
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9780465048953
Physical Description:
xxv, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
"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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