Arming America (Magill’s Literary Annual 2001)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael A. Bellesiles
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1600’s-1880’s
- Setting: United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Guns, United States
- Locales: United States
Michael A. Bellesiles is a professor of history and violence studies at Emory University, and the author of Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier (1993). In Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, Bellesiles has written a work which not only illuminates the past through its reassessment of early America’s relationship with guns but also has the capability to contribute to the current debate regarding the availability of guns and the resulting violence in the United States.
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