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The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture
- Title
- The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture / Pamela Haag.
- Author
- Haag, Pamela
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
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- Description
- xxv, 496 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- Firearms > Social aspects
- Firearms industry and trade
- Capitalism
- HISTORY / United States / General
- Economic history
- Firearms > Social aspects > United States > History
- Social conditions
- Firearms industry and trade > United States > History
- HISTORY / Military / Weapons
- United States > Economic conditions
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Capitalism > United States > History
- United States > Social conditions
- History
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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."
- ISBN
- 9780465048953 (hardcover)
- 0465048951 (hardcover)
- 9780465098569 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015036679
- 99968120610
- OCLC
- 921864221
- ocn921864221
- SCSB-9405377
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries