the origins of a national gun culture Bellesiles, Michael A. creator text bibliography nyu New York Alfred A. Knopf 2000 monographic eng

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603 pages : 25 cm. Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture is a discredited 2000 book by historian Michael A. Bellesiles about American gun culture, an expansion of a 1996 article he published in the Journal of American History. Bellesiles, then a professor at Emory University, used fabricated research to argue that during the early period of US history, guns were uncommon during peacetime and that a culture of gun ownership did not arise until the mid-nineteenth century. Although the book was awarded the prestigious Bancroft Prize in 2001, it later became the first work for which the prize was rescinded, following a decision of Columbia University's Board of Trustees that Bellesiles had "violated basic norms of scholarship and the high standards expected of Bancroft Prize winners." In search of guns -- ch. 1. European gun heritage -- ch. 2. Role of guns in the conquest of North America -- ch. 3. Guns in the daily life of colonial America -- ch. 4. Creation of the first American gun culture : Indians and firearms -- ch. 5. Brown Bess in the wilderness -- ch. 6. People numerous and unarmed -- ch. 7. Government promotion of gun production -- ch. 8. From indifference to disdain -- ch. 9. Creation of a gun subculture -- ch. 10. Arming of the American people. Michael A. Bellesiles. This book serves as a rare example of a discredited non-fiction item by a once respected contemporary academic. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Firearms ownership United States History HV8059 .B395 2000 683.4/00973 0375402101 00106191 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random052/00106191.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/00106191.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/00106191.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c1c2-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random052/00106191.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random042/00106191.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random044/00106191.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0c1c2-aa NPL 000630 20240611155934.0 2741