Description |
1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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' anger, aspirations, and frustrations. It sheds new light on why groups are provoked to take unlawful action in response to unjust conditions, and it opens a fresh vista on the social history of Boston. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 2001. With a new foreword by Gordana Rabrenovic |
Notes |
Reprint of 2001 edition with new foreword |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed May 21, 2019) |
Subject |
Riots -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
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Violence -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History
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Race relations.
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Riots.
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Social conditions.
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Violence.
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SUBJECT |
Boston (Mass.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015930
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Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions
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Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations
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Subject |
Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Jones, Ruth Owen, researcher.
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Rabrenovic, Gordana, 1957- writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9781555538859 |
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1555538851 |
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