Arming America
The Origins of a National Gun Culture
by Michael A. Bellesiles
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An historian argues against the cherished notion that the private ownership of guns was a widespread, long-standing tradition in America. Rather, he argues, it was a result of the Civil War and changes in technology. A 2000 New York Times Notable Book.
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 2000 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Diane Pub Co |
Date 2000 |
Price $24.75 |
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Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 2001 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Soft Skull Pr |
Date 2003 |
Price $2.75 |
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Publisher Notes
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. Original.
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"Bellesiles has dispersed the darkness that covered the gun's early history in America. He provides overwhelming evidence that our view of the gun is as deep a superstition as any that affected Native Americans in the 17th century."
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