Boston Riots : Three Centuries of Social Violence

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tager, Jack, author (author), Rabrenovic, Gordana, 1957- writer of foreword (writer of foreword), Jones, Ruth Owen, researcher (researcher)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Northeastern University Press
Materias:
Violence.
Social conditions.
Riots.
Race relations.
Violence > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Riots > Massachusetts > Boston > History.
Massachusetts > Boston.
Boston (Mass.) > Race relations.
Boston (Mass.) > Social conditions.
Boston (Mass.) > History.
History of the Americas
History.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434187206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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