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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchill, Robert H.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Militia movements--United States--History.

Militia movements.

Radicalism--United States--History.

Radicalism.

Government, Resistance to--United States--History.

Government, Resistance to.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States?.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-75419-X

9786612754197

0-472-02746-8

OCLC:

680623241