{"product_id":"reload-christopher-b-strain-9780826517425","title":"Reload: Rethinking Violence in American Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title of 2011\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen incidents of extreme violence flare in America, all too often they are framed as isolated aberrations. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Christopher Strain argues in his new book, \u003ci\u003eReload: Rethinking Violence in American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. The unpleasant fact, as he reveals in this highly readable study, is that American violence is inextricably woven into the fabric of our national heritage and experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReload\u003c\/i\u003e, Strain traces our modern-day conception of violence from the struggle to survive on the American frontier, through evolving gender roles in recent centuries, to the hysteria surrounding video and role-playing games and the more recent disturbing phenomenon of school shootings. Strain shapes nothing less than a profound meditation on American violence and a \"primer\" on understanding what can often appear to be a profoundly dangerous nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to serving as a comprehensive overview of the state of violence in America, \u003ci\u003eReload\u003c\/i\u003e also suggests ways of combating the trends that lead to tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher B. Strain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826517420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826517425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 130","brand":"Christopher B. Strain","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634735640831,"sku":"9780826517425","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8e74ef0-5a33-47f6-af43-13096b1d859b.jpg?v=1703590642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reload-christopher-b-strain-9780826517425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}