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001 2015036679
003 DLC
005 20150929085527.0
008 150922s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015036679
020 $a9780465048953 (hardcover)
020 $z9780465098569 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aTS533.2$b.H33 2016
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084 $aHIS036040$aHIS036000$aHIS027080$aBIO022000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHaag, Pamela.
245 14 $aThe gunning of America :$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