The Orange Riots Contributor(s): Gordon, Michael A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801427541 ISBN-13: 9780801427541 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $81.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 974.710 |
LCCN: 93009847 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.24 lbs) 286 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gordon, Michael A.: - Michael A. Gordon is Associate Professor of History and Co-Coordinator of the Public History Specialization at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. |