The Orange Riots: Irish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871

Michael A. Gordon

Published by Cornell University Press 2009

The Orange Riots

Irish Political Violence in New York City, 1870 and 1871

Michael A. Gordon

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501721700

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Michael A. Gordon is Associate Professor of History and Co-Coordinator of the Public History Specialization at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

Reviews

This well-written and well-documented study reveals the explosive mixture of ethnicity and class in nineteenth-century American cities.

Michael A. Gordon has written a carefully researched and powerful account of Irish sectarian violence in New York City.... There is a great deal to be learned from Gordon's approach, and not just about the Orange riots in New York City. His description of the riots as battles between two opposing world views should be tested on other instances of ethnic and religious violence, both in Northern Ireland and the United States.... This is a fine book, fair and judicious in interpretation and sophisticated in analysis. His careful and original treatment of these two days of violence lights up some dark corners of American ethnic, working-class, and urban history.

Michael A. Gordon goes beyond the standard interpretation of the Orange riots and draws important distinctions between the two riots, tracing an intricate story of class, ethnicity, and politics in New York's Gilded Age.... Underpinning Gordon's book is an unusual sensitivity concerning the study of popular disorder.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Maps, Figure, and Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
1. Contending Visions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Elm Park Riot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Portents of Violence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4. The Eighth Avenue Riot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
5. Judgment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
6. Aftermath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Appendix A / Killed, Injured, and Arrested in Connection with the 1870 Riot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Appendix B / Billed, Injured, and Arrested in Connection with the 1871 Riot and a List of Property Damages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Appendix C / Sources of Biographical Information on Selected Committee of Seventy Members Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 286
Illustrations
- Other: 2 maps, 1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 5 tables
Keywords: New York History; U.S. History

eBook

Published: July 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501721700