{"product_id":"merchants-of-the-right-9780691230399","title":"Merchants of the Right","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Illuminating. . . . Carlson packs the proceedings with intriguing insights and observations. It’s a fresh take on how guns and politics mix.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"The author treats her subjects with respect and intellectual generosity, and her positioning of gun culture in democratic thought is a model of thoughtful scholarship.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlson’s study will be welcomed by anyone angered, conflicted about, or interested in gun control and devotion to the right to bear arms in the U.S.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"Carlson takes on a topic of crucial importance: the relationship between conservative gun culture and the core commitments of American democracy. Along the way, she sheds fascinating new light on the factors that galvanized the largest gun-buying spree in the country’s history in 2020 and shaped how many Americans responded to the tumult of that year.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew Lacombe, \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As much as Carlson’s book is a work of sociological analysis, it is also a warning. . . . armed conservatives are working toward a democracy not of the ballot but of the bullet. As Carlson’s book shows, they’re well on their way.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jack McCordick, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gun culture and its purveyors . . . are impor­tant for Carlson not just in themselves and because of their epically awful results, but as a window into the forces that threaten to unravel our society and our democracy. This book is a must-read for all who seek to understand those forces.\"\u003cb\u003e---David Gushee, \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403916845399,"sku":"9780691230399","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691230399.jpg?v=1730484882","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/merchants-of-the-right-9780691230399","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}