The gunning of America : capitalism and the making of American gun culture /
Pamela Haag.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 "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.
"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"--
9780465048953 (hardcover)
2015036679
Firearms--Social aspects--History.--United States Firearms industry and trade--History.--United States Capitalism--History.--United States HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / United States / General. HISTORY / Military / Weapons. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
United States--Social conditions. United States--Economic conditions.