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Author:

Churchill, Robert H.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiii, 370 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Militia movements--United States--History.
Radicalism--United States--History.
Government, Resistance to--United States--History.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

0472116827 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472116829 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262883119

LCCN:

2008048161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)