To shake their guns in the tyrant's face libertarian political violence and the origins of the militia movement

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

Author/creator	Churchill, Robert H.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,
Description	xiii, 370 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Militia movements--United States --History. Radicalism--United States --History. Government, Resistance to--United States --History.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-353) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008048161
ISBN	9780472116829 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0472116827 (cloth : alk. paper)

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