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The gun
- Title
- The gun / C.J. Chivers.
- Author
- Chivers, C. J.
- Publication
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 10-7202 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
| Text | Request in advance | JSE 11-380 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 481 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- In a tour de force, a prize-winning "New York Times" reporter traces the invention and mass distribution of the assault rifle, and its effects on war.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Origins -- The birth of machine guns -- Machine guns in action -- Hiram Maxim changes war -- Slaughter made industrial : the Great War -- Invention and distribution -- Stalin's contest : the creation of the AK-47 -- The breakout : mass production, distribution, and early use of the AK-47 -- Aftermath : consequences of the AK-47's global spread -- The accidental rifle -- Everyman's gun -- Epilogue : the twenty-first century's rifle.
- Call Number
- JSE 11-380
- ISBN
- 9780743270762
- 0743270762
- LCCN
- 2010020459
- OCLC
- 535493119
- Author
- Chivers, C. J.
- Title
- The gun / C.J. Chivers.
- Imprint
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
- Edition
- 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JSE 11-380JFE 10-7202