Michael A Bellesiles

Biographic Data

ID1140539
NAMEMichael A Bellesiles
GIVEN NAMESMichael A
FAMILY NAMEBellesiles
SIGNATUREBELLESILES M A
AFFILIATIONSEmory University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT34
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
H-INDEX3

  • Communications

    Michael A Bellesiles, Michael Bellesiles et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2004

  • Going off Half-Cocked: "A Review Essay of "Arming America

    Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Bertram Wyatt‐brown et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2002

    THE PROFESSION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS IS NO MORE IMMUNE FROM THE toils of notoriety than the business world with its corporate meltdowns. One popular historian seems to have borrowed lengthy passages from compatriots as coolly as some Houston executives cooked their financial books. Likewise, another, often seen on television, admits paying off an author whose work was exploited without attribution. Amid such sensational breaches in public trust,…

  • Exploring America's Gun Culture

    Michael A BellesilesARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2002

    ments until 1877. The general thesis is that the gun culture now so ubiquitous in the United States has not always been a fixture of the nation's life but grew in response to increased production of firearms under federal supervision in the mid-nineteenth century and a dramatic rise in demand generated by the Civil War. Arming America seeks to explore a broad diversity of experience over time and to avoid sweeping statements about what Americans …

  • Lethal Imagination: Violence and Brutality in American History

    Eric H Monkkonen, Michael A BellesilesARTICLEThe American Historical Review2001

    Contributors include Jeff Adler, Bruce Baird, Robert Dykstra, Lee Chambers-Schiller, Philip J. Cook, Laura Edwards, Uche Egemonye, Nicole Etcheson, Evan Haefeli, Sally Hadden, Paula Hinton, Arthur L. Kellermann, Laura McCall, Kate Nickerson, Mary Odem, Craig Pascoe, John C. Pettegrew, Junius P. Rodriguez, and Andrea Tone, Christopher Waldrep.

  • Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture

    John Grenier, Michael A BellesilesARTICLEThe Journal of Military History2001

  • Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772-1819

    Robert E Shalhope, John J Duffy et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2001

  • A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia

    Michael A Bellesiles, Warren R HofstraARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2001

    A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia. By Warren R. Hofstra. (Madison: Madison House Publishers, 1999. Pp. xv, 128. Appendix. $19.95.) A Separate Place is fascinating but incomplete micro-study. Warren Hofstra offers close examination of the links between geography and politics as he traces the founding and division of Frederick County in western Virginia. Like most North American counties, Frederick County began as some line…

  • Firearms Regulation: A Historical Overview

    Michael A BellesilesARTICLECrime and Justice2001

    Gun regulation has been a constant component of American law, running from the first settlements in the Chesapeake. Legislatures grappled to reconcile rights and defensive needs against their fear of an unhindered access to firearms. The state's goal of arming some citizens for defense clashed with its effort to prevent the dangerous classes from possessing firearms. Complicating the whole process was a surprising public indifference to firearms …

  • Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture

    Roger Lane, Michael A BellesilesARTICLEJournal of American History2001

    Journal Article Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture. By Michael A. Bellesiles. (New York: Knopf, 2000. 603 pp. $30.00, ISBN 0-375-40210-1.) Get access Roger Lane Roger Lane Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 88, Issue 2, September 2001, Pages 614–615, https://doi.org/10.2307/2675112 Published: 01 September 2001

  • Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an Age of Revolutions

    Michael A Bellesiles, Lloyd KramerARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2000Cited by: 1

  • Butch Cassidy: A Biography

    Michael A Bellesiles, Richard PattersonARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Butch Cassidy: A Biography. By Richard Patterson. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. xvi, 362 pp. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8032-8756-9.) Get access Michael A. Bellesiles Michael A. Bellesiles Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 4, March 2000, Page 1798, https://doi.org/10.2307/2567652 Published: 01 March 20…

  • Lethal Imagination: Violence and Brutality in American History

    Richard Maxwell Brown, Michael A BellesilesARTICLEJournal of American History2000Cited by: 5

    Journal Article Lethal Imagination: Violence and Brutality in American History. Ed. by Michael A. Bellesiles. (New York: New York University Press, 1999. x, 453 pp. Cloth, $65.00, ISBN 0-8147-1295-9. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8147-1296-7.) Get access Richard Maxwell Brown Richard Maxwell Brown University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, …

  • How the West Got Wild: American Media and Frontier Violence A Roundtable

    Stewart L Udall, Robert R Dykstra et al.ARTICLEWestern Historical Quarterly2000

    Five participants of the 1999 Western History Association in Portland, Oregon, reprise their panel session, in which they each assess past and present trends in the violence, perceived and real, of the American West

  • Colonel Burton's Spiller & Burr Revolver: An Untimely Venture in Confederate Small-Arms Manufacturing (review)

    Michael A BellesilesARTICLETechnology and Culture1998

    Reviewed by: Colonel Burton’s Spiller and Burr Revolver: An Untimely Venture in Confederate Small-Arms Manufacturing * Michael A. Bellesiles (bio) Colonel Burton’s Spiller and Burr Revolver: An Untimely Venture in Confederate Small-Arms Manufacturing. By Matthew W. Norman. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1996. Pp. xii+137; illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, index. $22.95. One of the most significant ironies of the Civil War, wel…

  • Gun Laws in Early America: The Regulation of Firearms Ownership, 1607–1794

    Open AccessMichael A BellesilesARTICLELaw and History Review1998Cited by: 3References: 22

    King James I stated the official position of the English governing elite on gun ownership succinctly. When it was suggested that more of England's subjects should enjoy the right to hunt and own firearms, James responded that “it is not fit that clowns should have these sports.” Discussion of early American gun laws begins with consideration of the English legal heritage. In the last few years, adherents of the self-described “standard model” of …

  • Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered

    Michael A Bellesiles, Jack K Martins et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1998

  • The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871-1872

    Michael A Bellesiles, Lou Falkner WilliamsARTICLEAmerican Journal of Legal History1998

    Journal Article The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871–1872 Get access Williams Lou Falkner, The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871–1872. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996. xiii, 197 pp. $35.00. Michael A. Bellesiles Michael A. Bellesiles Emory University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 1998, Pages 201–202, https:/…

  • Colonel Burton's Spiller and Burr Revolver: An Untimely Venture in Confederate Small-Arms Manufacturing

    Michael A Bellesiles, Matthew W NormanARTICLETechnology and Culture1998

  • Reply to Malcolm

    Open AccessMichael A BellesilesARTICLELaw and History Review1997

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  • Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840

    Michael A Bellesiles, Steven C BullockARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1997Cited by: 1

  • The Origins of Gun Culture in the United States, 1760-1865

    Michael A BellesilesARTICLEJournal of American History1996Cited by: 5

    Journal Article The Origins of Gun Culture in the United States, 1760–1865 Get access Michael A. Bellesîles Michael A. Bellesîles associate professor of history Emory University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 2, September 1996, Pages 425–455, https://doi.org/10.2307/2944942 Published: 01 September 1996

  • Beyond the American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism

    Michael A Bellesiles, Alfred F YoungARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article Beyond the American Revolution: Explorations in the History of American Radicalism. Ed. by Alfred F. Young. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 1993. vi, 385 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-87580-176-5. Paper, $15.00, ISBN 0-87580-557-4.) Get access Michael A. Bellesiles Michael A. Bellesiles Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, …

  • Governor John Wentworth & the American Revolution: The English Connection

    Michael A Bellesiles, Paul W WildersonARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article Governor John Wentworth & the American Revolution: The English Connection. By Paul W. Wilderson. (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1993. xvi, 364 pp. $39-95, ISBN 0-87451-656-0.) Get access Michael A. Bellesiles Michael A. Bellesiles Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Pages 202–203, https://…

  • Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier

    Jere R Daniell, Jere Daniell et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Interdisciplinary…1995

  • Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier

    Colin G Calloway, Michael A BellesilesARTICLEThe New England Quarterly1994

    In this revisionary look at the eighteenth-century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Ethan Allen was the leader of a group of frontier subsistence farmers united in their opposition to New York elites and land speculators; the independence Allen and his followers fought for was as much from eastern elites as it was from the British crown. But what makes the story of the Green Mountain fron…