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Barcode30053003527689
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No363.330973 GLAD
Title The American way of killing : the invention of an epidemic / Malcolm Gladwell.
Author Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.
CollectionNEW: Adult 300-399
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003527689363.330973 GLAD10/1/2026 Available

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Personal Name Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963- author.
Title Statement The American way of killing : the invention of an epidemic / Malcolm Gladwell.
Varying Form of Title Invention of an epidemic
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Little Brown and Company, 2026.
Physical Description 288 pages ; 21 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why? In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American "peculiarity"--how the world's wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world's poorest countries. Drawing on original interviews, archival and social science research, and his trademark insight, Gladwell approaches the American paradox through a series of stories. What can we learn from the miracle of a young gunshot victim in Washington, D.C.? How have the legal troubles of a seventeenth-century English knight influenced American attempts at gun control? Why would a European police chief be baffled by the graduation ceremony at any American police academy? In a sweeping narrative, Gladwell travels from a shooting range in North Carolina, to the South Side of Chicago, to an old plantation house in Alabama, painting a picture of a country that does not understand its most pressing social problem, and as result, does not understand how to fix it."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Gun control United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Violent crimes United States.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Firearms United States.
Index Term-Genre/Form Essays. lcgft

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