Loaded by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz audiobook

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Read by Laural Merlington

Tantor Audio

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9798200419791

  • ISBN: 9798200419784

  • ISBN: 9798200419807

Runtime: 6.59 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Political Science
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Everyone in America needs to engage in the discussion about our future with an informed, historical perspective on the role of guns in our society. America is at a critical turning point. What is the future for our children?

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, is a deeply researched—and deeply disturbing—history of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the country to the present.

As historian and educator Dunbar-Ortiz explains, in order to understand the current obstacles to gun control, we must understand the history of US guns, from their role in the “settling of America” and the early formation of the new nation and continuing up to the present.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Erudite and unrelenting…As a portrait of the deepest structures of American violence, Loaded is an indispensable book." —New Republic
“Demonstrates that the violence sanctioned by the Second Amendment was a key factor in transforming America into a ‘militaristic-capitalist’ powerhouse.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“If…anyone at all really wants to ‘get to the root causes of gun violence in America,’ they will need to start by coming to terms with even a fraction of what Loaded proposes." —Los Angeles Review of Books
“A provocative cultural analysis arguing that the Second Amendment and white supremacy are inextricably bound...A radical revision of American history…[and] its persistent gun culture.” —Kirkus Reviews
“To Dunbar-Ortiz, the Second Amendment is a reflection of an American gun culture that has countenanced genocide, slavery, and a scourge of civilian-perpetrated mass murders in the modern era.” —Publishers Weekly

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Author

Author Bio: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Author Bio: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an American historian, writer, and feminist. She is the author of numerous books and is a professor emerita of ethnic studies at California State University–Hayward.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Political Science
Runtime: 6.59
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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