The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834 by Paul A. Gilje

The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834

Paul A. Gilje

334 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revolutionary period through the Jacksonian era. During that time, the mob lost its traditional, institutional role as corporate safety valve and social co...

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