Arming America : the origins of a national gun culture /
Draws on archival material to challenge popular misconceptions about the American belief system about arms rights, tracing "gun fever" to its European origins while documenting the rarity of firearms in early America as well as the technological advances and events that made guns an integr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, NY : [Emeryville, CA] :
Soft Skull Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West,
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st Soft Skull Press ed. |
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| Summary: | Draws on archival material to challenge popular misconceptions about the American belief system about arms rights, tracing "gun fever" to its European origins while documenting the rarity of firearms in early America as well as the technological advances and events that made guns an integral part of American life. |
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| Physical Description: | 604 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1932360077 9781932360073 |
