The Orange Riots : Irish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871 / Michael A. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Michael A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Riots--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Riots.

Irish Americans--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Irish Americans.

New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History--1865-1898.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 263 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this book Michael A. Gordon examines the causes and consequences of the tragic and bloody "Orange Riots" that rocked New York City in 1870 and 1871. On July 12 of both years, groups of Irish Catholics clashed with Irish Protestants marching to commemorate the victory of 1690 at the Battle of the Boyne that confirmed the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. The violence of 1870 left eight people dead; the following year, more than sixty died.Reconstructing the events of July 12 in those years, Gordon provides a riveting and richly detailed account of the riots. He maintains that they stemmed from more than religious hatred or generations of oppression in Ireland. Rather, both years bear witness to a struggle between two profoundly different visions of the promise of America: a re-creation of European social classes or a form of life liberated from the constraints and stratifications of the Old World. These visions were enmeshed n the turbulent ideological and political confrontations arising from industrialization and newly found immigrant power under New York City's notorious mayor, William Marcy "Boss" Tweed. Gordon concludes by showing how the riots sparked a reform movement that toppled Tweed from power and led to the restructuring of city politics in the 1870s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps, Figure, and Illustrations

Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Contending Visions

2. The Elm Park Riot

3. Portents of Violence

4. The Eighth Avenue Riot

5. Judgment

6. Aftermath

Appendix A / Killed, Injured, and Arrested in Connection with the 1870 Riot

Appendix B / Billed, Injured, and Arrested in Connection with the 1871 Riot and a List of Property Damages

Appendix C / Sources of Biographical Information on Selected Committee of Seventy Members

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-2170-4

OCLC:

1080552164