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Gun Crusaders - The NRA's Culture War (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,883
Discovery Miles 28 830
Gun Crusaders - The NRA's Culture War (Hardcover): Scott Melzer

Gun Crusaders - The NRA's Culture War (Hardcover)

Scott Melzer

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Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members, Gun Crusaders focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war. Scott Melzer shows that the NRA promotes a nostalgic vision of frontier masculinity, whereby gun rights defenders are seen as patriots and freedom fighters, defending not the freedom of religion, but the religion of individual rights and freedoms.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2009
First published: October 2009
Authors: Scott Melzer
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-9550-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Arms negotiation & control
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
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LSN: 0-8147-9550-1
Barcode: 9780814795507

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