Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?

by Saul T. Cornell

Book Overview

A new series that assembles secondary source readings, Historians at Work examines important documents or events from a variety of perspectives. The four to six unabridged selections in each volume... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312240600
• ISBN13: 9780312240608
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Historians fight over interpretation!

"Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?" edited by Saul Cornell and Robert E. Shalhope is a collection of essays and journal articles debating the interpretations of the Second Amendment by top notch historians on the subject. The book encourage debate and therefore has a well balanced assortment of articles covering the full spectrum of debate concerning the Second Amendment. Books from the "Historians at Work Series" are designed to encourage debate and deeper thinking on a particular historiographic issue in American history. Books from the "Historians at Work Series" are designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level American history courses. This being said, its not an introductory text. The authors of the articles go directly into their subjects, with little significant background information. Therefore, you need to have an historical base-level to work from. Nonetheless, it is an excellent tool for students, scholars and general readers of American history. Editions in the "Historians at Work" publish the entire article or essay, introduce the author and most importantly: it includes all endnotes--a rarity for books that are collections of articles/essays on a related topic. Overall, an excellent representation on early American historical scholarship.ADDED NOTE: The final chapter in this book, writen by Michael Bellesiles and his book were later found to be full of misrepresentation and misconduct in research. He has since lost his award and has resigned from his position @ Emory University.