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Disarmed : the missing movement for gun control in America /
More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of g...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in American politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. Why? Disarmed unravels this paradox. Based on historical archives, i. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400837755 1400837758 069113832X 9780691138329 |