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Autore |
Churchill Robert H |
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Titolo |
To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / / Robert H. Churchill |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-75419-X |
9786612754197 |
0-472-02746-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (385 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Militia movements - United States - History |
Radicalism - United States - History |
Government, Resistance to - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States?. |
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