Domestic terrorism / by Micah L. Issitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issitt, Micah L., author.

Series:

Opinions throughout history ; 23.

Opinions throughout history ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Domestic terrorism--United States--History--Sources.

Domestic terrorism.

Radicalism--United States--History--Sources.

Radicalism.

Terrorism--Political aspects--United States.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 611 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2024]

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet.

Summary:

Provides the history of domestic acts of violence beginning with Colonial times, discussing both familiar and less well-known incidents. Focusing on white supremacist brutality during the Civil War and Reconstruction, both left- and right-wing political extremism, mass shootings, anti-LGBTQ violence, anti-Islamic hatred, the January 6 Capitol Riot, and more.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note

Introduction

Historical Timeline

1. Liberty or Tyranny

Terrorism and the Patriot Movement (1765-1776)

2. Resistance and Terror

Native American Resistance and the Shaping of American Mythology (1789-1801)

3. Rebellions and Revolts

Slave Rebellions and Terrorism (1800-1831)

4. Native Terrorism

Nativism and Nativist Violence (1820-1840)

5. New Mexican Radicalism

Rebellion and the Mexican-American War (1835-1848)

6. The Gold Rush

Political Violence and Westward Expansion (1840-1849)

7. Righteous Violence

John Brown and Abolitionist Extremism (1837-1859)

8. Religious Radicalism

Mormonism and Violence in the Nineteenth Century (1857-1858)

9. Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers

The Civil War in the Midwest (1860-1865)

10. Organized Hate

The Foundation of the Ku Klux Klan (1865-Present)

11. The Myth of the Yellow Peril

Anti-Asian Violence in California (1871-1900)

12. Upper Class Violence

The Knights of the White Camelia Society (1870-1890)

13. The Anarchist Menace

Anarchist Radicalism in the Gilded Age (1886-1900)

14. A New Asian Panic

South Asian Immigration and the Bellingham Riot (1900-1920)

15. The Bomb Market

Anarchist Extremism (1914-1920)

16. The Fall of Black Wall Street

Terrorism and the Civil Rights Movement (1906-1921)

17. Bombingham

Terrorism and the Civil Rights Movement (1930-1965).

18. Bad Weather

Leftist Violence in the 1960s and 1970s (1965-1975)

19. Identity Violence

The Jewish Defense League and the Politics of Ethnic Extremism (1968-1980)

20. Ecological Extremism

Animal Welfare and Conservation Extremism (1970-Present)

21. Crimes Against Industrial Society

The Crimes of Ted Kaczynski (1978-1996)

22. The Extremist Community

The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Lone Wolf Terrorists (1995-Present)

23. Terror and Bodily Autonomy

Terrorism and the Abortion Debate (1980-Present)

24. Digital Radicalization

Digital Media, Radicalism, and Extremism (2006-Present)

25. Racist Intellectualism

Intellectual White Supremacy in the Modern Era (2009-Present)

26. Fear of Identity

Gender, Sexuality, and Violence (2016-Present)

27. Islamophobia

Islamophobic Violence and Terrorism (1990s-Present)

28. Replacing White Identity

The "Great Replacement" and Other Conspiracy Theories (1916-Present)

29. Conclusion

Radicalism in U.S. Culture (1700s-Present)

Appendixes

Notes

Primary & Secondary Sources

Glossary

Historical Snapshots

Bibliography

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Print ISBN: 9781637008294.

Title from Web page (viewed on April 4, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781637008294

1637008295