Gun Control (Library in a Book)

Henderson, Harry

ISBN 10: 0816056609 / ISBN 13: 9780816056606

Published by Facts on File, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gun Control (Library in a Book)
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816056609
• ISBN 13: 9780816056606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Provides an overview of gun control issues and includes such research aids as an annotated bibliography, relevant laws and court cases, and a list of organizations and agencies.

From Library Journal

Some key features of this volume are its extensive overview of the history and issues of gun control, summaries of the law (with the text of important cases and statutes), biographies; definitions of terms, a chronology of important Anglo-American events (from 871 C.E.), a lengthy annotated bibliography, selected tables from research studies, and a research section detailing how to find information on the Internet, in libraries, and from government sources. Henderson, a writer and editor who has written books on privacy, capital punishment, and terrorism, maintains a balanced point of view between advocates and opponents of gun control. The information here will be most useful to high-school or college student researchers, but reference librarians will also appreciate the chronology and law sections. Glenn H. Utter's Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Rights (LJ 3/1/00) and Earl R. Kruschke's Gun Control: A Reference Handbook (ABC-Clio, 1995; updated on the web) offer very much the same basic information. Henderson's strong points are the excellent overview and discussion of how to do research. Recommended for academic, public, and high school libraries.DMary Jane Brustman, Univ. at Albany Libs., NY
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