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UNINA9910466512203321 |
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Gun control / / edited by Justin Healey |
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Thirroul, New South Wales : , : The Spinney Press, , 2018 |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (60 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Collana |
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Issues in Society ; ; Volume 428 |
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Soggetti |
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Gun control - Australia |
Firearms - Law and legislation - Australia |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Chapter 1. Gun control in Australia -- Chapter 2. The gun control debate. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over two decades ago, federal, state and territory governments united in the wake of the devastating Port Arthur massacre to reform firearm laws in a concerted bid to reduce gun violence in Australia. The recently updated National Firearms Agreement and ongoing firearms amnesties have consolidated this national approach to gun control. However, Australia’s arsenal of private guns is now larger than it was before the Port Arthur massacre, and there have been a number of politically-driven campaigns to reduce restrictions in state and territory gun control legislation. There are more imported firearms coming into Australian than ever before; at least 260,000 guns are estimated to be currently held illegally in Australia. Crime, terrorism, homicide, suicide – how much do guns actually figure in this deadly mix? Are we at risk of adopting a pervasive and deadly gun culture like that of the US? Are we going backwards on gun control, or are our laws too restrictive? This book explores the debate, featuring opinions on firearms restrictions from gun control advocates and the gun lobby. How should the ownership and use of firearms be regulated in Australia? |
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UNINA9910788053703321 |
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Autore |
Whitfield Susan <1960-> |
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Titolo |
Life along the Silk Road / / Susan Whitfield |
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Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (317 p.) |
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HISTORY / Asia / General |
Silk Road History |
Silk Road Biography |
Asia History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Prologue: the shipmaster's tale -- The merchant's tale -- The soldier's tale -- The horseman's tale -- The princess's tale -- The courtesan's tale -- The pilgrim's tale -- The writer's tale -- The official's tale -- The nun's tale -- The widow's tale -- The artist's tale. |
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"In this long-awaited second edition, Susan Whitfield expands her trailblazing exploration of the Silk Road and broadens her rich and varied portrait of life along the great premodern trade routes of Eurasia. This new edition is comprehensively updated to support further understanding of themes relevant to global and comparative history. In the first 1,000 years after Christ, merchants, missionaries, monks, mendicants, and military men traveled on the vast network of Central Asian tracks that became known as the Silk Road. Whitfield recounts the lives of twelve individuals who lived at different times during this period, including two new characters: an African shipmaster and a Persian traveler and writer during the Arab caliphate. With these additional tales, Whitfield extends both geographical and chronological scope, bringing into view the maritime links across the Indian Ocean and depicting the network of north-south routes from the Baltic to the Gulf. Throughout the narrative, Whitfield conveys a strong sense of what life was like for ordinary men and women on the Silk Road, the |
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individuals usually forgotten to history. A work of great scholarship, Life along the Silk Road continues to be extremely accessible and entertaining"--Provided by publisher. |
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