Arming America : the origins of a national gun culture /

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Main Author: Bellesiles, Michael A
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2000
Edition:1st ed
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Table of Contents:
  • In search of guns
  • ch. 1.European gun heritage
  • ch. 2.Role of guns in the conquest of North America
  • ch. 3.Guns in the daily life of colonial America
  • ch. 4.Creation of the first American gun culture : Indians and firearms
  • ch. 5.Brown Bess in the wilderness
  • ch. 6.People numerous and unarmed
  • ch. 7.Government promotion of gun production
  • ch. 8.From indifference to disdain
  • ch. 9.Creation of a gun subculture
  • ch. 10.Arming of the American people