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Armed citizens : the road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment / Noah Shusterman.

By: Publisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2020]Description: viii, 273 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813944619
  • 9780813944616
Other title:
  • Road from ancient Rome to the Second Amendment
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF3941 .S58 2020
Contents:
Introduction: The Long Road to the Second Amendment -- 1. Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon -- 2. Niccolò Machiavelli Retires to His Estate -- 3. The Fall of La Rochelle -- 4. England's Parliament Debates the Militia Act -- 5. Bacon's Rebels Burn Jamestown to the Ground -- 6. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Publishes A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militias -- 7. The Stono Rebels Head for Florida -- 8. The Minutemen Turn Back the Redcoats at Concord Bridge -- 9. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Publish The Federalist -- 10. Congress Amends the Constitution -- Epilogue: The Long Road from the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: "Although much has changed n the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment and the patterns that emerged in the colonial era. America has long been a heavily armed and racially divided society, yet few citizens understand either why militias appealed to the founding fathers or the role that militias played in North American rebellions, in which they often functioned as repressive - and racist - domestic forces" -- dust jacket.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks KF3941 .S58 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001507739

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-264) and index.

Introduction: The Long Road to the Second Amendment -- 1. Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon -- 2. Niccolò Machiavelli Retires to His Estate -- 3. The Fall of La Rochelle -- 4. England's Parliament Debates the Militia Act -- 5. Bacon's Rebels Burn Jamestown to the Ground -- 6. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Publishes A Discourse of Government with Relation to Militias -- 7. The Stono Rebels Head for Florida -- 8. The Minutemen Turn Back the Redcoats at Concord Bridge -- 9. Hamilton, Madison, and Jay Publish The Federalist -- 10. Congress Amends the Constitution -- Epilogue: The Long Road from the Second Amendment -- Notes -- Index.

"Although much has changed n the United States since the eighteenth century, our framework for gun laws still largely relies on the Second Amendment and the patterns that emerged in the colonial era. America has long been a heavily armed and racially divided society, yet few citizens understand either why militias appealed to the founding fathers or the role that militias played in North American rebellions, in which they often functioned as repressive - and racist - domestic forces" -- dust jacket.

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