Richard Bach Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 526507 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Bach Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard Bach |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3715-5060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Uncanny Precedent: The March on Rome
Trump supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, finds an intriguing precedent in Mussolini’s March on Rome in October 1922. This article explores the similarities and differences between the two events and the two leaders and seeks to answer the question of why one was a failure and the other a success
A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea by Joseph McQuade
This ground-breaking book uses Foucaultian language and method in a convincing way to “excavate” how the “discursive representations of Indian revolutionaries informed and enabled the ... states of exception through which they were policed” in British-controlled India (23).1 McQuaid provides a fascinating discussion of historical debate about political violence as it evolved in India from the eighteenth century to the making of terrorism as an in…
Bombs, Bullets and Bread: The Politics of Anarchist Terrorism Worldwide, 1866-1926
Bombs, Bullets and Bread concentrates on the individual motivations, histories, and experiences of anarchist terrorists, a subject that the author claims to have been “sadly missed” by historians (
The politics of attack. Communiqués and insurrectionary violence
If today we live in a new Gilded Age of billionaires, weak labor organizations, and a widening gap between the rich and the rest, then the reemergence of anarchist (and anarchoid) violence after de
The 1904 Assassination of Governor General Bobrikov: "Tyrannicide, Anarchism, and the Expanding Scope of "Terrorism
The little-known assassination in 1904 of governor general Bobrikov, the Russian ruler of Finland, by the Finnish Senate clerk Eugen Schauman can be explained as an act of tyrannicide, anarchism, or terrorism. The article analyzes the question of which category this deed fits into and discusses the local and international background of one of the most significant acts of violence in Nordic history. It also postulates that around the time of Bobri…
Unruly equality: U.S. anarchism in the twentieth century
Andrew Cornell’s persuasive and groundbreaking history of American anarchism fills a significant gap in the historical literature. Older general histories of anarchism, such as those by George Wood
The Secret Agent, International Policing, and Anarchist Terrorism: 1900-1914
An unprecedented expansion of global anti-terrorist policing took place after 1900, although the security forces projected outside their borders by Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spain, and Argentina displayed an enormous diversity in size and effectiveness. Crucial to successful policing was how these countries improved their intelligence through recruiting and handling informers, maintained secrecy and good relations with local police…
Architettura di una chimera: Rivoluzione e complotti in una lettera dell’anarchico Malatesta reinterpretata alla luce di inediti documenti d’archivio
Anarchist Terrorism and Global Diasporas, 1878-1914
During the quarter century before the First World War, anarchist terrorism was often blamed on the impact of anarchist agitators on naïve immigrants. This article seeks to investigate the truth of this claim, focusing particularly on Italian emigrants, but also looking at some examples of Spanish, French, and Russian emigrants. My conclusion is that, with a few exceptions, radicals emigrated, but emigration did not create radical terrorists. A pa…
The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks
Making Sense of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta's Experiments with Revolution, 1889–1900
Notes1 See, for example, Martín Correa and Eduardo Mella, Las razones del illkun/enojo: Memoria, despojo y criminalización en el territorio mapuche de Malleco (Santiago, 2010); Joanna Crow, The Mapuche in Modern Chile: A Cultural History (Gainesville, 2013); Florencia Mallon, Courage Tastes of Blood: The Mapuche Community of Nicolás Ailío and the Chilean State, 1906–2001 (Durham, NC, 2005); Jorge Pavez Ojeda (ed.), Cartas mapuche: Siglo XIX (Sant…
The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International History, 1878–1934
This is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as the 1930s. Ranging from Europe and the Americas to the Middle East and Asia, Richard Bach Jensen explores how anarchist terrorism emerged as a global phenomenon during the…
The Pre-1914 Anarchist “Lone Wolf” Terrorist and Governmental Responses
After discussing the extent to which the period from 1878–1934, with its frequent incidents of anarchist assassinations and bombings, can be considered the classic age of “lone wolf” or leaderless terrorism, this article focuses on four acts of anarchist violence and police and government responses to this violence. The four cases are the 1896 bombing of a Corpus Christi procession in Barcelona, the 1901 assassination of President McKinley, a 190…
The International Campaign Against Anarchist Terrorism, 1880-1930s
This essay presents a short overview of the “classic” era of anarchist terrorism between 1880 and World War I, while concentrating on an analysis of the little-known efforts by diplomats, politicians, and the police to control and repress anarchist terrorism. These efforts included the Rome Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the St. Petersburg Protocol of 1904. Before World War I, a combination of economic, social, and political factors, combi…
Nineteenth Century Anarchist Terrorism: How Comparable to the Terrorism of al-Qaeda
In a speech given last November and in an article, Professor James L. Gelvin argues most forcefully for the existence of close similarities between nineteenth century anarchist terrorism and contem
Daggers, Rifles and Dynamite: Anarchist Terrorism in Nineteenth Century Europe
Initially the anarchists did not call for terrorism, but by the 1880s, it erupted as the result of harsh socio-economic conditions in Europe and America, regional and national traditions of social warfare and justified regicide, government repression of more peaceful and organized forms of protest and labor activity, the spellbinding examples of the Paris Commune and the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, the invention of dynamite and anarchist …
Criminal Anthropology and Anarchist Terrorism in Spain and Italy
Anarchist terrorism became a problem in both Spain and Italy during the 1890s but lost its virulence in the latter after 1900. One of the reasons for the difference in outcomes between the two nations may have been that the ideas of criminal anthropology had permeated Italian society and institutions and this allowed the government and other authorities to reframe (and play down) the whole question of anarchist terrorism. Given the surprising ext…
The United States, International Policing and the War against Anarchist Terrorism, 1900-1914
In 1901 the anarchist assassination of President McKinley aroused tremendous anger throughout the United States and was the catalyst for diplomatic efforts to coordinate transatlantic measures against the anarchists. Why, then, did America refuse to sign the St. Petersburg Protocol on international anti-anarchist police cooperation agreed to in 1904 by much of continental Europe? This article seeks to answer that question as well as to chart the …
The American Census: A Social History
Journal Article The American Census: A Social History. By Margo J. Anderson. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. xiii + 257 pp. $30.00.) Get access Richard Jensen Richard Jensen University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 2, September 1989, Page 573, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908000 Published: 01 September 1989
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the Origins of Interpol
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference which met in Rome in 1898 is one of those events that has slipped into virtual historical limbo. Apparently baffled by the secrecy that enshrouded the sessions and final resolutions of the Rome meeting, one historian has concluded that, though various countries agreed to attend, in the end the Conference was never held at all.' Those historians who do acknowledge that the highly secret meeting took plac…
The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict, 1888-1896
What are the mainsprings of American politics? To historians of Charles A. Beard's generation differences in economic situation were the real stuff of politics, and the impact of major depressions can hardly be denied. A more recent generation has joined Lee Benson in pointing to the potent effects of pietistic sects versus the more liturgical churches. Both of these issue dimensions compete within an institutional framework itself subject to cha…
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the Origins of Interpol
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference which met in Rome in 1898 is one of those events that has slipped into virtual historical limbo. Apparently baffled by the secrecy that enshrouded the sessions and final resolutions of the Rome meeting, one historian has concluded that, though various countries agreed to attend, in the end the Conference was never held at all.' Those historians who do acknowledge that the highly secret meeting took plac…
Daggers, Rifles and Dynamite: Anarchist Terrorism in Nineteenth Century Europe
Initially the anarchists did not call for terrorism, but by the 1880s, it erupted as the result of harsh socio-economic conditions in Europe and America, regional and national traditions of social warfare and justified regicide, government repression of more peaceful and organized forms of protest and labor activity, the spellbinding examples of the Paris Commune and the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, the invention of dynamite and anarchist …
The United States, International Policing and the War against Anarchist Terrorism, 1900-1914
In 1901 the anarchist assassination of President McKinley aroused tremendous anger throughout the United States and was the catalyst for diplomatic efforts to coordinate transatlantic measures against the anarchists. Why, then, did America refuse to sign the St. Petersburg Protocol on international anti-anarchist police cooperation agreed to in 1904 by much of continental Europe? This article seeks to answer that question as well as to chart the …
Anarchist Terrorism and Global Diasporas, 1878-1914
During the quarter century before the First World War, anarchist terrorism was often blamed on the impact of anarchist agitators on naïve immigrants. This article seeks to investigate the truth of this claim, focusing particularly on Italian emigrants, but also looking at some examples of Spanish, French, and Russian emigrants. My conclusion is that, with a few exceptions, radicals emigrated, but emigration did not create radical terrorists. A pa…
The International Campaign Against Anarchist Terrorism, 1880-1930s
This essay presents a short overview of the “classic” era of anarchist terrorism between 1880 and World War I, while concentrating on an analysis of the little-known efforts by diplomats, politicians, and the police to control and repress anarchist terrorism. These efforts included the Rome Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the St. Petersburg Protocol of 1904. Before World War I, a combination of economic, social, and political factors, combi…
Criminal Anthropology and Anarchist Terrorism in Spain and Italy
Anarchist terrorism became a problem in both Spain and Italy during the 1890s but lost its virulence in the latter after 1900. One of the reasons for the difference in outcomes between the two nations may have been that the ideas of criminal anthropology had permeated Italian society and institutions and this allowed the government and other authorities to reframe (and play down) the whole question of anarchist terrorism. Given the surprising ext…
The Secret Agent, International Policing, and Anarchist Terrorism: 1900-1914
An unprecedented expansion of global anti-terrorist policing took place after 1900, although the security forces projected outside their borders by Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spain, and Argentina displayed an enormous diversity in size and effectiveness. Crucial to successful policing was how these countries improved their intelligence through recruiting and handling informers, maintained secrecy and good relations with local police…
The Pre-1914 Anarchist “Lone Wolf” Terrorist and Governmental Responses
After discussing the extent to which the period from 1878–1934, with its frequent incidents of anarchist assassinations and bombings, can be considered the classic age of “lone wolf” or leaderless terrorism, this article focuses on four acts of anarchist violence and police and government responses to this violence. The four cases are the 1896 bombing of a Corpus Christi procession in Barcelona, the 1901 assassination of President McKinley, a 190…
The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict, 1888-1896
What are the mainsprings of American politics? To historians of Charles A. Beard's generation differences in economic situation were the real stuff of politics, and the impact of major depressions can hardly be denied. A more recent generation has joined Lee Benson in pointing to the potent effects of pietistic sects versus the more liturgical churches. Both of these issue dimensions compete within an institutional framework itself subject to cha…
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the Origins of Interpol
The International Anti-Anarchist Conference which met in Rome in 1898 is one of those events that has slipped into virtual historical limbo. Apparently baffled by the secrecy that enshrouded the sessions and final resolutions of the Rome meeting, one historian has concluded that, though various countries agreed to attend, in the end the Conference was never held at all.' Those historians who do acknowledge that the highly secret meeting took plac…
The American Census: A Social History
Journal Article The American Census: A Social History. By Margo J. Anderson. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. xiii + 257 pp. $30.00.) Get access Richard Jensen Richard Jensen University of Illinois, Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 2, September 1989, Page 573, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908000 Published: 01 September 1989
Criminal Anthropology and Anarchist Terrorism in Spain and Italy
Anarchist terrorism became a problem in both Spain and Italy during the 1890s but lost its virulence in the latter after 1900. One of the reasons for the difference in outcomes between the two nations may have been that the ideas of criminal anthropology had permeated Italian society and institutions and this allowed the government and other authorities to reframe (and play down) the whole question of anarchist terrorism. Given the surprising ext…
The United States, International Policing and the War against Anarchist Terrorism, 1900-1914
In 1901 the anarchist assassination of President McKinley aroused tremendous anger throughout the United States and was the catalyst for diplomatic efforts to coordinate transatlantic measures against the anarchists. Why, then, did America refuse to sign the St. Petersburg Protocol on international anti-anarchist police cooperation agreed to in 1904 by much of continental Europe? This article seeks to answer that question as well as to chart the …
Daggers, Rifles and Dynamite: Anarchist Terrorism in Nineteenth Century Europe
Initially the anarchists did not call for terrorism, but by the 1880s, it erupted as the result of harsh socio-economic conditions in Europe and America, regional and national traditions of social warfare and justified regicide, government repression of more peaceful and organized forms of protest and labor activity, the spellbinding examples of the Paris Commune and the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, the invention of dynamite and anarchist …
Nineteenth Century Anarchist Terrorism: How Comparable to the Terrorism of al-Qaeda
In a speech given last November and in an article, Professor James L. Gelvin argues most forcefully for the existence of close similarities between nineteenth century anarchist terrorism and contem
The International Campaign Against Anarchist Terrorism, 1880-1930s
This essay presents a short overview of the “classic” era of anarchist terrorism between 1880 and World War I, while concentrating on an analysis of the little-known efforts by diplomats, politicians, and the police to control and repress anarchist terrorism. These efforts included the Rome Anti-Anarchist Conference of 1898 and the St. Petersburg Protocol of 1904. Before World War I, a combination of economic, social, and political factors, combi…
The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism: An International History, 1878–1934
This is the first global history of the secret diplomatic and police campaign that was waged against anarchist terrorism from 1878 to the 1920s. Anarchist terrorism was at that time the dominant form of terrorism and for many continued to be synonymous with terrorism as late as the 1930s. Ranging from Europe and the Americas to the Middle East and Asia, Richard Bach Jensen explores how anarchist terrorism emerged as a global phenomenon during the…
The Pre-1914 Anarchist “Lone Wolf” Terrorist and Governmental Responses
After discussing the extent to which the period from 1878–1934, with its frequent incidents of anarchist assassinations and bombings, can be considered the classic age of “lone wolf” or leaderless terrorism, this article focuses on four acts of anarchist violence and police and government responses to this violence. The four cases are the 1896 bombing of a Corpus Christi procession in Barcelona, the 1901 assassination of President McKinley, a 190…
The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks
Making Sense of Anarchism: Errico Malatesta's Experiments with Revolution, 1889–1900
Notes1 See, for example, Martín Correa and Eduardo Mella, Las razones del illkun/enojo: Memoria, despojo y criminalización en el territorio mapuche de Malleco (Santiago, 2010); Joanna Crow, The Mapuche in Modern Chile: A Cultural History (Gainesville, 2013); Florencia Mallon, Courage Tastes of Blood: The Mapuche Community of Nicolás Ailío and the Chilean State, 1906–2001 (Durham, NC, 2005); Jorge Pavez Ojeda (ed.), Cartas mapuche: Siglo XIX (Sant…
Anarchist Terrorism and Global Diasporas, 1878-1914
During the quarter century before the First World War, anarchist terrorism was often blamed on the impact of anarchist agitators on naïve immigrants. This article seeks to investigate the truth of this claim, focusing particularly on Italian emigrants, but also looking at some examples of Spanish, French, and Russian emigrants. My conclusion is that, with a few exceptions, radicals emigrated, but emigration did not create radical terrorists. A pa…
Architettura di una chimera: Rivoluzione e complotti in una lettera dell’anarchico Malatesta reinterpretata alla luce di inediti documenti d’archivio
Unruly equality: U.S. anarchism in the twentieth century
Andrew Cornell’s persuasive and groundbreaking history of American anarchism fills a significant gap in the historical literature. Older general histories of anarchism, such as those by George Wood
The Secret Agent, International Policing, and Anarchist Terrorism: 1900-1914
An unprecedented expansion of global anti-terrorist policing took place after 1900, although the security forces projected outside their borders by Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spain, and Argentina displayed an enormous diversity in size and effectiveness. Crucial to successful policing was how these countries improved their intelligence through recruiting and handling informers, maintained secrecy and good relations with local police…
The 1904 Assassination of Governor General Bobrikov: "Tyrannicide, Anarchism, and the Expanding Scope of "Terrorism
The little-known assassination in 1904 of governor general Bobrikov, the Russian ruler of Finland, by the Finnish Senate clerk Eugen Schauman can be explained as an act of tyrannicide, anarchism, or terrorism. The article analyzes the question of which category this deed fits into and discusses the local and international background of one of the most significant acts of violence in Nordic history. It also postulates that around the time of Bobri…
The politics of attack. Communiqués and insurrectionary violence
If today we live in a new Gilded Age of billionaires, weak labor organizations, and a widening gap between the rich and the rest, then the reemergence of anarchist (and anarchoid) violence after de
Bombs, Bullets and Bread: The Politics of Anarchist Terrorism Worldwide, 1866-1926
Bombs, Bullets and Bread concentrates on the individual motivations, histories, and experiences of anarchist terrorists, a subject that the author claims to have been “sadly missed” by historians (
Uncanny Precedent: The March on Rome
Trump supporters’ assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, finds an intriguing precedent in Mussolini’s March on Rome in October 1922. This article explores the similarities and differences between the two events and the two leaders and seeks to answer the question of why one was a failure and the other a success
A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea by Joseph McQuade
This ground-breaking book uses Foucaultian language and method in a convincing way to “excavate” how the “discursive representations of Indian revolutionaries informed and enabled the ... states of exception through which they were policed” in British-controlled India (23).1 McQuaid provides a fascinating discussion of historical debate about political violence as it evolved in India from the eighteenth century to the making of terrorism as an in…
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