The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture / Pamela Haag.
Haag, Pamela, author.
2016
TS533.2 .H33 2016eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture / Pamela Haag.
Author Haag, Pamela, author.
ISBN 9780465098569 (electronic book)
0465098568 (electronic book)
9780465048953
0465048951
Published New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxv, 496 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 99967219425
Call Number TS533.2 .H33 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.4/768340973
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-478) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Available in Other Form Gunning of America.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Introduction: 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
Epilogue.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export