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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.
- 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.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 370 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-353) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472116829
- 0472116827
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.327258
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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