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Gun Culture in Early Modern England /
"This volume identifies, describes, and analyses early modern England's gun culture. It explains how guns became available to men, women, and children of all social standings, how subjects responded to guns, how firearms changed their lives, how the government reacted to civilians possessi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Interrogating early modern English gun culture
- Re-creating and developing a gun industry
- Economic opportunities for men and women
- Regulating domestic guns with "good and politic statutes"
- Domestic gun licenses issued "as if under the Great Seal"
- Military service : a pathway to guns
- London : the gun capital of England
- "Newfangled and wanton pleasure" in the many lives of men
- Guns : a challenge to the feminine ideal?
- Guns and child's play
- An individual right to arms? : the Bill of Rights
- Conclusion: Defining gun culture in early modern England
- Appendix A: What is a gun?
- Appendix B: Naming the gun.