{"product_id":"9781595580870","title":"Gun Show Nation: The Lethal Politics of Guns in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn progressive websites and in newspaper columns \u003ci\u003eGun Show Nation\u003c\/i\u003e has become part of a lively debate on guns and democracy in America. “Burbick gets it,” Buzzflash says, “she cuts through to the heart of the psychology of guns.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural historian, critic, and gun owner Joan Burbick examines the lethal politics of gun ownership, answering that perennial question about America culture: Why are Americans so obsessed with guns? Looking at the nation from the floor of a gun show, Burbick uncovers a powerful conservative ideology that attempts to place gun ownership at the center of our democracy. “Careful in her conclusions, lively in her writing” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), her analysis takes us from the history of the NRA, through the gun lobby’s engagement with domestic politics that reached its high-water mark during the Reagan era, to the movement’s contemporary hostility to the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most thorough account yet of the beliefs that millions of ordinary Americans hold about guns, \u003ci\u003eGun Show Nation\u003c\/i\u003e delves into the political machinations that have shaped the gun debate in America and draws fascinating conclusions about gun culture and national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031238787312,"sku":"9781595580870","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595580870_p0.jpg?v=1763809147","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595580870","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}