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2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
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Defining documents in American history |
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Defining documents in American history (Salem Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Early Ruptures in the Body Politic -- Account of Shays's Rebellion -- House of Representatives Debate on the Second Amendment -- The Whiskey Tax of 1791 and George Washington's Proclamation regarding the Whiskey Rebellion -- The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- Militia Acts of 1792 -- Alien and Sedition Acts -- James Madison on the Sedition Act of 1798 -- Ciphered Letter of Aaron Burr to General James Wilkinson -- State v. Huntly -- A Long History of Anti-Black Violence, and Reaction -- The Confessions of Nat Turner -- Speech to the Court that Sentenced Him to Death -- A Voice from Harper's Ferry -- South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession -- The Draft Riots -- Account of the Lincoln Assassination -- Notice from the Ku Klux Klan to Davie Jeems -- A Contested Election: Report to Congress on the Activities of the Ku Klux Klan -- Letter to Senator Joseph C. Abbott on the Ku Klux Klan -- United States v. Cruikshank -- Various Selections of Black Codes in the South -- "Lynching: Our National Crime" -- NAACP: Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States -- Elaine, Arkansas, Massacre Commemoration -- "The Eruption of Tulsa" -- Letter Regarding Ku Klux Klan Activity in Arkansas -- The Klansman's Manual -- Memo regarding the Emmett Till Murder -- FBI Documents Relating to 16th Street Church Bombing -- Malcolm X: "The Ballot or the Bullet" -- Huey Newton: A Black Panther on Self-Defense -- Native American Trials and Tribulations -- Worcester v. Georgia -- Accounts of the Sand Creek Massacre -- Trouble on the Paiute Reservation -- Eyewitness to the Massacre at Wounded Knee -- Lakota Accounts of the Massacre at Wounded Knee -- American Indian Movement: National Operational Goal -- |
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Volume 2. Religious, Ethnic, and Other Hatreds -- Letters from the Mormon War -- A Foreigner in My Own Land -- A Chinese American Protest -- On Seizing Land from Native Californians -- Platform of the American Party -- Affidavit Regarding the Mountain Meadows Massacre -- Two Radio "Sermons" -- Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League -- Inside the Rajneeshee Secret Files -- Letter of Protest regarding the Treatment of Undocumented Immigrants -- FBI Background on Centennial Olympic Park Bomber -- Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act -- Anarchy, War, and Leftist Radicalism -- "Account of the Haymarket Riot" -- Espionage Act of 1917 --The Sedition Act of 1918 --German Enemy of US Hanged by Mob -- Schenck v. United States -- Wall Street Bombing of 1920 --Gitlow v. New York -- Smith Act (also known as the Alien Registration Act of 1940) -- Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover before the House Un-American Activities Committee -- Testimony of Whittaker Chambers -- Dennis v. United States -- Weathermen Manifesto -- Report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest, with Response from President Nixon -- "I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight" -- Excerpts from the Unabomber Manifesto -- 9/11 and Domestic Terrorism -- The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis -- President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11 -- Patriot Act -- Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Charged -- FBI Updates on Investigation into Boston Marathon Bombing -- San Bernardino Shootings Investigated as Terrorism -- The Orlando Nightclub Shooting -- Recent Far-Right Terrorism and Extremism -- Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Prayer Service Address -- Charleston Church Shooter Justifies His Actions -- Remarks concerning the Standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge -- President Donald Trump's Remarks on the "Unite the Right" Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia -- Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims' Commemoration -- Man Charged with Hate Crimes for El Paso Walmart Shooting -- Charges Added in the Conspiracy to Kidnap Michigan Governor -- Resolution Establishing the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol -- Summary of Terrorism Threat to the U.S. Homeland -- Remarks by President Biden One Year after the January 6 Assault on the U.S. Capitol. |
| Summary |
Offers in-depth analysis of eighty-seven documents, including diary excerpts, speeches, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, and interviews. These selections help define events concerning acts of domestic terrorism and extremism, and how those events have helped shape history. The first volume of this set focuses on the early ruptures in the body politic, the history of anti-Black violence and reactions, and the trials and tribulations of Native Americans. The second volume is dedicated to the topics of religious, ethnic, and other forms of hatred, anarchy, war, and leftist radicalism, 9/11 and domestic terrorism, and recent far-right terrorism and extremism. -- Provided by publisher. |
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Domestic terrorism -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Radicalism -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Political violence -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Domestic terrorism. (OCoLC)fst01737469
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Political violence. (OCoLC)fst01069902
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Radicalism. (OCoLC)fst01087015
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Reference works.
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| Added Author |
Shally-Jensen, Michael, editor.
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| Added Title |
Domestic terrorism and extremism |
| ISBN |
9781637000878 (set) |
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1637000871 |
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9781637000892 (v. 1) |
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1637000898 |
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9781637000908 (v. 2) |
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1637000901 |
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9781637000885 (ebook) |
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