Gun Country
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Gun Country
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Author : Andrew C. McKevitt
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2023-09-18
Gun Country written by Andrew C. McKevitt and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-18 with History categories.
Just as World War II transformed the United States into a global military and economic superpower, so too did it forge the gun country America is today. After 1945, war-ravaged European nations possessed large surpluses of mass-produced weapons, and American entrepreneurs seized the opportunity to buy used munitions for pennies on the dollar and resell them stateside. A booming consumer market made cheap guns accessible to millions of Americans, and rates of gun ownership and violence began to climb. Andrew C. McKevitt tells the history of this gun boom through the dynamics of consumer capitalism and Cold War ideology, the combination of which resulted in a vast number of Americans arming themselves to the teeth and centering their political identity on their guns. When gun control legislation emerged in the 1960s, many Americans, accustomed to the unregulated postwar bounty of cheap guns and fearful of Soviet invasion, domestic subversion, and urban uprisings, fiercely challenged it. Meanwhile, gun control groups were diverted from their abolitionist roots toward a conciliatory, fundraising-focused strategy that struggled to limit the stockpiling of firearms. Gun Country recasts the story of guns in postwar America as one of Cold War and racial anxieties, unfettered capitalism, and exceptional violence that continues to haunt us to this day.
Gun Country
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Author : Andrew C. McKevitt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Gun Country written by Andrew C. McKevitt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with HISTORY categories.
"Just as World War II transformed the United States into a global military and economic superpower, so too did it forge the gun country America is today. After 1945, war-ravaged European nations possessed large surpluses of mass-produced weapons, and American entrepreneurs seized the opportunity to buy used munitions for pennies on the dollar and resell them stateside. A booming consumer market made cheap guns accessible to millions of Americans, and rates of gun ownership and violence began to climb. Andrew C. McKevitt tells the history of this gun boom through the dynamics of consumer capitalism and Cold War ideology, the combination of which resulted in a vast number of Americans arming themselves to the teeth and centering their political identity on their guns. When gun control legislation emerged in the 1960s, many Americans, accustomed to the unregulated postwar bounty of cheap guns and fearful of Soviet invasion, domestic subversion, and urban uprisings, fiercely challenged it. Meanwhile, gun control groups were diverted from their abolitionist roots toward a conciliatory, fundraising-focused strategy that struggled to limit the stockpiling of firearms. Gun Country recasts the story of guns in postwar America as one of Cold War and racial anxieties, unfettered capitalism, and exceptional violence that continues to haunt us to this day"--
Six Gun Country
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Author : Max Brand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-30
Six Gun Country written by Max Brand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-30 with categories.
IN all the time I had been hunted by the law, I had had no apprehension quite like that which I experienced when I learned that Andrew Chase had come into the hills to fight it out with me. I could not get it out of my head that Andrew was invincible, for he had been more than a hero in my eyes ever since that day when he had knocked me flat into the dust after I had fought a fair fight with his brother Harry, and for the second time gained a victory that Harry would have given a great deal to have won. Now you will remember that I was properly convinced that Andrew Chase was at the bottom of all this mess that I was in. After I had stood up against his brother, Harry, in a gunfight, and come out of the battle unscathed, Andrew had taken the situation into his own hands.
Gun Country
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Author : Wayne C. Lee
language : en
Publisher: Ace Books
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Gun Country written by Wayne C. Lee and has been published by Ace Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Gun Country
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Author : Ralph Cotton
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-03-02
Gun Country written by Ralph Cotton and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Fiction categories.
No one outruns Fast Lawrence Shaw-especially when he runs with them. In the delirium of a mysterious head wound, Shaw stumbles upon the Dexter Lowe Boys on their way to steal some U.S. armament in the badlands. But in his weakened condition, Shaw will need backup. So U.S. Marshals Crayton Dawson and Jedson Caldwell are on their way to help him clean up the borders-by taking out the trash...
Gun Country
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Author : Jim Slaughter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Gun Country written by Jim Slaughter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with English fiction categories.
Six Gun Country
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Author : Frederick Schiller Faust
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Six Gun Country written by Frederick Schiller Faust and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Fiction categories.
"Six-Gun Country" is an enthralling Western tale by Frederick Schiller Faust. Full of action, suspense, and the spirit of the Wild West, this gripping story follows a wanted man's quest for redemption as he sets out to secure a pardon from the governor.
Six Gun Country
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Author : Max Brand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Six Gun Country written by Max Brand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.
With A Gun In Good Country
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Author : Ian Manning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
With A Gun In Good Country written by Ian Manning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
History Of The Gun In 500 Photographs
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Author : The Editors of TIME-LIFE
language : en
Publisher: Time Inc. Books
Release Date : 2016-05-10
History Of The Gun In 500 Photographs written by The Editors of TIME-LIFE and has been published by Time Inc. Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-10 with History categories.
A fascinating look into the history of the firearm and how and why it has had the impact it has on American culture and society. Few inventions have had more of a profound impact on the course of civilization than guns: The first hand-held versions were Chinese fire lances invented in the 10th century, though it was Europeans who were credited with creating the handheld weapons that we recognize today. Americans and their expansion westward were the ones who refined, and helped define innovation and the development of an industry. Starting with Samuel Colt and the "revolver revolution," Americans took the lead in moving gun development forward. Names now well-known including Wesson, Winchester, and Browning helped create weapons that helped move a nation forward and ushered in the industrialized warfare of World War I. Now, TIME-LIFE, in the next book in the success "500 Photographs" series, following World War II in 500 Photographs and The Civil War in 500 Photographs, brings readers The History of the Gun in 500 Photographs, which traces the fascinating evolution of firearms, not just as tools of security, but as ingenious feats of science and engineering. This book contains over 500 photos that take readers on a historical and visual journey of the gun, not just as a weapon, but as a constantly-evolving artifact that has shaped America's culture and mindset.