{"product_id":"gun-show-nation-joan-burbick-9781595580870","title":"Gun Show Nation: Gun Culture and American Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn progressive websites and in newspaper columns \u003ci\u003eGun Show Nation\u003c\/i\u003e has become part of a lively debate on guns and democracy in America. \"Burbick gets it,\" Buzzflash says, \"she cuts through to the heart of the psychology of guns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural historian, critic, and gun owner Joan Burbick examines the lethal politics of gun ownership, answering that perennial question about America culture: Why are Americans so obsessed with guns? Looking at the nation from the floor of a gun show, Burbick uncovers a powerful conservative ideology that attempts to place gun ownership at the center of our democracy. \"Careful in her conclusions, lively in her writing\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), her analysis takes us from the history of the NRA, through the gun lobby's engagement with domestic politics that reached its high-water mark during the Reagan era, to the movement's contemporary hostility to the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most thorough account yet of the beliefs that millions of ordinary Americans hold about guns, \u003ci\u003eGun Show Nation\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the political machinations that have shaped the gun debate in America and draws fascinating conclusions about gun culture and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Burbick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595580875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595580870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.88w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2006 pg. 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 176","brand":"Joan Burbick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079227142399,"sku":"9781595580870","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7ff0548-906e-450c-8274-31687d28afa8.jpg?v=1685479914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gun-show-nation-joan-burbick-9781595580870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}