Armed Citizens : The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment /

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"This book traces the history of debates about citizen-soldiery, militias, and arms control over two thousand years, illustrating for a general readership what eighteenth-century militias were and why the founding fathers believed them to be "necessary to the security of a free state."...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shusterman, Noah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment > History.
Constitution (United States)
Gun control.
Firearms ownership.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
Gun control > History.
Firearms ownership > History.
Firearms > Law and legislation > History.
Gun control > United States > History.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This book traces the history of debates about citizen-soldiery, militias, and arms control over two thousand years, illustrating for a general readership what eighteenth-century militias were and why the founding fathers believed them to be "necessary to the security of a free state." It focuses on ten events, from antiquity to the Age of Revolutions, in which ideas about citizenship and the comparative benefits of militias versus standing/professional armies evolved together"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9780813944623

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