Boston Riots : Three Centuries of Social Violence /

From the food uprisings in the early 1700s to the notorious anti-busing riots in the mid-1970s, incidents of communal social violence have played a significant role in Boston's history. This vivid portrait of an ever-changing community over time provides a revealing glimpse into peoples' a...

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Hlavní autor: Tager, Jack (Autor)
Další autoři: Rabrenovic, Gordana, 1957- (writer of foreword.), Jones, Ruth Owen (Výzkumník)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
Edice:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Obsah:
  • Introduction
  • The Eighteenth-Century setting
  • A variety of Riots: Food, Customs, Antielite, and Pope Day Riots
  • The Impressment Riot of 1747
  • Antebellum Boston: Norm Enforcement, Race, and Abolition Riots
  • Anti-Catholic Rioting in Antebellum Boston: The Ursuline Convent and the Broad Street Riots
  • Anti-Catholic Tensions, 1850-1900, and the Draft Riot of 1863
  • The 1919 Police Strike Riots
  • Ghetto Riots, 1967-1968
  • Antibusing Riots, Fall 1974
  • Antibusing Riots, 1975-1976
  • Conclusion
  • Index.