To shake their guns in the tyrant's face : libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement / / Robert H. Churchill

• Autore: Churchill Robert H
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 322.4/20973
• Soggetto topico: Militia movements - United States - History; Radicalism - United States - History; Government, Resistance to - United States - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States?.
• Titolo autorizzato: To shake their guns in the tyrant's face
• ISBN: 1-282-75419-X; 9786612754197; 0-472-02746-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818039703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II