Download book The Gunning of America : Business and the Making of American Gun Culture

• Author: Pamela Haag
• Date: 19 Apr 2016
• Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
• Language: English
• Format: Hardback::528 pages
• ISBN10: 0465048951
• Country New York, United States
• Imprint: BASIC BOOKS
• Dimension: 162x 241x 45mm::816g
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