LEADER 02975nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910817028003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-35801-6 010 $a1-134-35802-4 010 $a0-203-39037-7 010 $a1-280-05482-4 010 $a0-203-35206-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203352069 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247691 035 $a(EBL)200565 035 $a(OCoLC)437061334 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000288653 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11214414 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288653 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10382296 035 $a(PQKB)11761614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL200565 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10093549 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL5482 035 $a(OCoLC)56557808 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247691 100 $a20030731d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican extremism $ehistory, politics and the militia movement /$fD. J. Mulloy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in extremism and democracy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-48380-8 311 $a0-415-32674-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Series editors' preface; Introducing the militia movement; Approaching extremism: theoretical perspectives on the far right in American history; Conversations with the dead: the militia movement and American history; A Revolutionary history; A republican tradition; A frontier nation; Conclusion: history and conspiracy; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index 330 $aAmerican Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and shows how militia members employ the myths, metaphors and perceived historical lessons of the American Revolution, the constitutional settlement and America's frontier experience to do so. Mulloy argues that militia members' search for the 'authority of history' leads them to a position best characterized as 'ahistorical historicism', in which political interests in the present are given greater weight than the demands of a historicall 410 0$aRoutledge studies in extremism and democracy. 606 $aMilitia movements$zUnited States 606 $aRadicalism$zUnited States 606 $aRight-wing extremists$zUnited States 615 0$aMilitia movements 615 0$aRadicalism 615 0$aRight-wing extremists 676 $a322.4/2/0973 700 $aMulloy$b D. J$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817028003321 996 $aAmerican extremism$94054200 997 $aUNINA