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To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement
- Title
- To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / Robert H. Churchill.
- Author
- Churchill, Robert H.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 370 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.
- Contents
- The precedent of 1774: the role of insurgent violence in the political theory of the founding -- The revolution as living memory: Fries' Rebellion and The Alien and Sedition Act crisis of 1798-1800 -- The libertarian memory of the revolution in the Antebellum Era -- The roots of modern patriotism: conscription, resistance, and the Sons of Liberty conspiracy of 1864 -- Cleansing the memory of the revolution: Americanism, the black legion, and the first Brown Scare -- The making of the second Brown Scare: liberal pluralism and the evolution of the white supremacist right -- The origins of the militia movement: violence and memory on the suburban-rural frontier -- An exploration of militia ideology: the Whig diagnosis of post-Cold War America -- Epilogue: the defense of liberty in the age of terror.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-3157
- ISBN
- 9780472116829 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0472116827 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008048161
- OCLC
- 262883119
- Author
- Churchill, Robert H.
- Title
- To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / Robert H. Churchill.
- Imprint
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-3157