The gunning of America : business and the making of American gun culture /

Americans have always loved guns. This special bond was forged during the American Revolution and sanctified by the Second Amendment. It is because of this exceptional relationship that American civilians are more heavily armed than the citizens of any other nation. Or so we're told. In The Gun...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Haag, Pamela (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]
Subjects:	Firearms > Social aspects > United States > History. Firearms industry and trade > United States > History. Capitalism > United States > History. United States > Social conditions. United States > Economic conditions. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / United States / General. HISTORY / Military / Weapons. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. Capitalism. Economic history. Firearms industry and trade. Firearms > Social aspects. Social conditions. United States. History.

Table of Contents:

"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."