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Tells the history of the US post-World War II 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.

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Illuminating, timely . . . . an original way of understanding a stunning and enduring increase in gun ownership in the US . . . . McKevitt offers a compelling argument about where the extremity of America's permissiveness toward deadly weaponry originated and how debates on the Second Amendment's meaning have evolved in response to shifting cultural preoccupations. He also makes a persuasive appeal for how the human costs of mass gun ownership could be mitigated."—Kirkus Reviews

Gun Country

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    A Hardback by Andrew C. McKevitt

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      Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/14/2023 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781469674964, 978-1469674964
      ISBN10: 1469674963
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the history of the US post-World War II 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.

      Trade Review
      Illuminating, timely . . . . an original way of understanding a stunning and enduring increase in gun ownership in the US . . . . McKevitt offers a compelling argument about where the extremity of America's permissiveness toward deadly weaponry originated and how debates on the Second Amendment's meaning have evolved in response to shifting cultural preoccupations. He also makes a persuasive appeal for how the human costs of mass gun ownership could be mitigated."—Kirkus Reviews

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