Arming America : The Origins of a National Gun Culture by Bellesiles, Michael A

Vintage Books USA, 2001. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2001. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New York: Vintage/ Random, 2001. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Near Fine. Cover by John Gall. 20701 shelf. Solid. Unread. Pictorial cream covers, tiny closed tear upper back cover. No names, clean text. No illustrations. Index.

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books. New. 2001. Hardcover. 0375701982 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED -- Michael A. Bellesiles' Arming America is a stunning and seminal book that challenges everything we've previously been taught about America's history with guns. Painstakingly examining the historical record, Bellesiles shatters the myth of our gun-toting forefathers. Most early settlers were indifferent or hostile toward guns, which until the middle of the nineteenth century were scarce and unreliable. Even members of the militia were often drastically short of firearms. Not until the Civil War did a gun culture take hold in America, and it did so for reasons far from patriotic or noble. Timely, provocative, and overwhelmingly thorough, this book is a singular historical work destined to have profound ramifications in the current debate… Read More