Haag, Pamela. <br/><br/>
The gunning of America :  capitalism and the making of American gun culture / 
Pamela Haag. 
 - pages cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465048953 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015036679 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Firearms--Social aspects--History.--United States<br/>Firearms industry and trade--History.--United States<br/>Capitalism--History.--United States<br/>HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.<br/>HISTORY / United States / General.<br/>HISTORY / Military / Weapons.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Social conditions.<br/>United States--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TS533.2  / .H33 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/768340973