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

"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"--Provided by publisher.

Main Author: Haag, Pamela (Author)
Format: Books Print 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.
Table of 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 "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.

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