Boston Riots Three Centuries of Social Violence / Jack Tager ; picture researcher, Ruth Owen Jones ; [new foreword by Gordana Rabrenovic].
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TextDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 289 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9781555538859; 1555538851Subject(s): 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.) -- HistoryGenre/Form: History. | Electronic books. | Electronic books. LOC classification: HV6483.B6 | T34 2019Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
Reprint of 2001 edition with new foreword.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-277) and index.
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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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.
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