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Author:
Bellesiles, Michael A.
Title:
Weighed in an even balance / Michael A. Bellesiles.
Publisher:
Soft Skull Press,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
59 [6] leaves ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Bellesiles, Michael A.--Arming America.
Firearms ownership--United States--Historiography.
Other Authors:
Bellesiles, Michael A. Arming America.
Notes:
Cover title. "The author of Arming America ... responds to his critics"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Context -- Probate records -- Specific challenges : accurate -- Specific challenges : perceived errors -- Specific challenges : matters of interpretation.
Summary:
A defense of the author's scholarship in Arming America, in which he argued that few Americans owned firearms before the Civil War. Praised by reviewers, Arming America won the 2001 Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy. Scholars criticized Bellesiles's research, however, and the Bancroft Prize was rescinded in 2002.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)54700855
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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