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Race, rights, and rifles : the origins of the NRA and contemporary gun culture

text Race, rights, and rifles : the origins of the NRA and contemporary gun culture

Summary
"One-third of American adults--some 86 million people--own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Today it is common to associate US gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, b... Read more
Contents
Introduction -- Part one: Historical foundations. Republican ideology in early America -- An exclusive vision of virtue and citizenship -- Militias and the institutionalization of ascriptive republicanism -- Cultural transmission -- Part two: The ... Read more
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ix, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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The University of Chicago Press 2023

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 363.33 FIL in Adult Non-fiction Available

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