Arming America
Subtitle: the origins of a national gun culture
By: Michael A. Bellesiles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
Subjects: Firearms ownership -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In search of guns -- -- ch. 1.; title: European gun heritage -- -- ch. 2.; title: Role of guns in the conquest of North America -- -- ch. 3.; title: Guns in the daily life of colonial America -- -- ch. 4.; title: Creation of the first American gun culture : Indians and firearms -- -- ch. 5.; title: Brown Bess in the wilderness -- -- ch. 6.; title: People numerous and unarmed -- -- ch. 7.; title: Government promotion of gun production -- -- ch. 8.; title: From indifference to disdain -- -- ch. 9.; title: Creation of a gun subculture -- -- ch. 10.; title: Arming of the American people.