The Resource The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture, Pamela Haag
The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture, Pamela Haag
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Resource Information
The item The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture, Pamela Haag represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxv, 496 p.
- Contents
-
- Introduction: 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 "MoralEffect" 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
- Isbn
- 9780465048953
- Label
- The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture
- Title
- The gunning of America
- Title remainder
- business and the making of American gun culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Pamela Haag
- Subject
-
- Capitalism -- United States -- History
- Firearms -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Firearms industry and trade -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / Military / Weapons
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- HISTORY / United States / General
- United States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Social conditions
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Haag, Pamela
- Dewey number
- 338.4/768340973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Firearms
- Firearms industry and trade
- Capitalism
- United States
- United States
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / Military / Weapons
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- Label
- The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture, Pamela Haag
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: 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 "MoralEffect" 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
- Control code
- BK0017701575
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 496 p.
- Isbn
- 9780465048953
- Lccn
- 2015036679
- Label
- The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture, Pamela Haag
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: 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 "MoralEffect" 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
- Control code
- BK0017701575
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxv, 496 p.
- Isbn
- 9780465048953
- Lccn
- 2015036679
Subject
- Capitalism -- United States -- History
- Firearms -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
- Firearms industry and trade -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / Military / Weapons
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- HISTORY / United States / General
- United States -- Economic conditions
- United States -- Social conditions
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
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