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008 150922s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2015036679
020 _a9780465048953 (hardcover)
020 _z9780465098569 (electronic)
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dMvI
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_aHIS036000
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_aBIO022000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aHaag, Pamela.
245 1 4 _aThe gunning of America :
_bcapitalism and the making of American gun culture /
_cPamela Haag.
263 _a1604
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
_c2016.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 2 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aFirearms
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aFirearms industry and trade
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCapitalism
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEconomic conditions.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / General.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / Weapons.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
_2bisacsh
948 _au613419
949 _aTS533.2 .H33 2016
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