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- Prometheus
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- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
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- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 978-1-63388-313-0
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- America
- ISBN
- 9781633883130
- Book Title
- Armed in America : a History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books, Publishers
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.8 in
- Genre
- Law, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Constitutions, General, Violence in Society, United States / General
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 558 Pages
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This accessible legal history describes how the Second Amendment has been interpreted throughout most of American history and shows that today's gun-rights advocates have drastically departed from the long-held interpretation of the constitutional right to bear arms. This illuminating study traces the transformation of the right to arms from its inception in English and colonial American law to today's impassioned gun-control debate. As historian and legal scholar Patrick J. Charles shows, what the right to arms means to Americans, as well as what it legally protects, has changed drastically since its first appearance in the 1689 Declaration of Rights. Armed in America explores how and why the right to arms transformed at different points in history. The right was initially meant to serve as a parliamentary right of resistance, yet by the ratification of the Second Amendment in 1791 the right had become indispensably intertwined with civic republicanism. As the United States progressed into the 19th century the right continued to change--this time away from civic republicanism and towards the individual-right understanding that is known today, albeit with the important caveat that the right could be severely restricted by the government's police power. Throughout the 20th century this understanding of the right remained the predominant view. But working behind the scenes was the beginnings of the gun-rights movement--a movement that was started in the early 20th century through the collective efforts of sporting magazine editors and was eventually commandeered by the National Rifle Association to become the gun-rights movement known today. Readers looking to sort through the shrill rhetoric surrounding the current gun debate and arrive at an informed understanding of the legal and historical development of the right to arms will find this book to be an invaluable resource.
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Publisher
Prometheus Books, Publishers
ISBN-10
1633883132
ISBN-13
9781633883130
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239784658
Product Key Features
Book Title
Armed in America : a History of Gun Rights from Colonial Militias to Concealed Carry
Number of Pages
558 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Constitutions, General, Violence in Society, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, History, Social Science, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
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""Impeccably sourced and including useful illustrations, Armed in America delves into the complete history of American gun rights, republican virtue, and militia ideology and offers a keen critique of the NRA's highly influential rhetoric and stance.... This thorough, clarifying volume should be displayed prominently and recommended for coverage of this hot-button subject. In the never-ending battle over gun rights, the public safety side now has a go-to source for facts about the Second Amendment."--Booklist"Meticulous, objective, and captivating. The history of gun rights is constantly being exploited and manipulated by self-interested forces for political gain. Armed in America finally sets the record straight."--Louis Klarevas, author of Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings "Others have written on the Second Amendment, but no account provides such a detailed, clear-headed, and deep analysis of the amendment's origins, construction, and interpretation, including much new history and evidence. An important, valuable, and highly readable work that does much to clarify the ongoing debate."--Robert J. Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, SUNY Cortland, author of Guns across America and The Politics of Gun Control "Patrick Charles's historical work is already central to many areas of Second Amendment law--scholars, lawyers, and judges all rely on him. Armed in America is his most comprehensive work yet, and draws attention to some of the most fundamental disagreements, misunderstandings, and misrepresentations in the gun debate. This will be required reading for anyone involved or interested in the gun debate."--Joseph Blocher, Professor of Law, Duke Law School"Provides solid history that is welcome in our current political atmosphere. An evenhanded book about a controversy that will not die."--Kirkus Reviews"A scrupulously documented survey of gun rights and gun regulations spanning from ninth-century England to twenty-first century America. Full of fresh and surprising details, and unflinching in its analysis, Armed in America provides incisive new perspectives for any serious student of the right to keep and bear arms."--Darrell A. H. Miller, Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law, Duke Law School, PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF PATRICK J. CHARLES: "Charles is keenly aware of the abuse of history by lawyers, but also the abuse of law by historians. History's 'dead hand,' Charles argues, should be invoked carefully and judiciously. To his credit, Charles's goal in this book is to improve the fraught dialogue between history and law." --Robert J. Spitzer, SUNY Cortland (reviewing Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution ) "A rich and searching account of how the past should shape the present that sheds new light on many of our generation's most challenging constitutional problems." --Gerard Magliocca, Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (reviewing Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution ) "In this thoughtful and ambitious book, Patrick Charles addresses some of the central questions in all of constitutional interpretation. Charles 'historical guideposts' approach simultaneously supports and challenges the positions of self-identified originalists and living constitutionalists alike. It represents a useful intervention in the ongoing debate between those camps." --Joseph Blocher, Associate Professor of Law, Duke University (reviewing Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution )
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2017-028290
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Trade
Lc Classification Number
Kf3941.C49 2018
Copyright Date
2018
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