Author: Alexander Addison
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Category : Instructions to juries
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Reports of Cases in the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit, and in the High Court of Errors & Appeals, of the State of Pennsylvania
Author: Alexander Addison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Instructions to juries
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Instructions to juries
Languages : en
Pages : 770
Book Description
The Road to Mobocracy
Author: Paul A. Gilje
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469608634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
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 corrective, tolerated by public officials. It became autonomous, a violent menace to individual and public good expressing the discordant urges and fears of a pluralistic society. Indeed, it tested the premises of democratic government. Paul Gilje relates the practices of New York mobs to their American and European roots and uses both historical and anthropological methods to show how those mobs adapted to local conditions. He questions many of the traditional assumptions about the nature of the mob and scrutinizes explanations of its transformation: among them, the loss of a single-interest society, industrialization and changes in the workforce, increased immigration, and the rise of sub-classes in American society. Gilje's findings can be extended to other cities. The lucid narrative incorporates meticulous and exhaustive archival research that unearths hundreds of New York City disturbances -- about the Revolution, bawdy-houses, theaters, dogs and hogs, politics, elections, ethnic conflict, labor actions, religion. Illustrations recreate the turbulent atmosphere of the city; maps, graphs, and tables define the spacial and statistical dimensions of its ferment. The book is a major contribution to our understanding of social change in the early Republic as well as to the history of early New York, urban studies, and rioting.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469608634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
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 corrective, tolerated by public officials. It became autonomous, a violent menace to individual and public good expressing the discordant urges and fears of a pluralistic society. Indeed, it tested the premises of democratic government. Paul Gilje relates the practices of New York mobs to their American and European roots and uses both historical and anthropological methods to show how those mobs adapted to local conditions. He questions many of the traditional assumptions about the nature of the mob and scrutinizes explanations of its transformation: among them, the loss of a single-interest society, industrialization and changes in the workforce, increased immigration, and the rise of sub-classes in American society. Gilje's findings can be extended to other cities. The lucid narrative incorporates meticulous and exhaustive archival research that unearths hundreds of New York City disturbances -- about the Revolution, bawdy-houses, theaters, dogs and hogs, politics, elections, ethnic conflict, labor actions, religion. Illustrations recreate the turbulent atmosphere of the city; maps, graphs, and tables define the spacial and statistical dimensions of its ferment. The book is a major contribution to our understanding of social change in the early Republic as well as to the history of early New York, urban studies, and rioting.
Liberty Men and Great Proprietors
Author: Alan Taylor
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This detailed exploration of the settlement of Maine beginning in the late eighteenth century illuminates the violent, widespread contests along the American frontier that served to define and complete the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Maine's militant settlers organized secret companies to defend their populist understanding of the Revolution.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
This detailed exploration of the settlement of Maine beginning in the late eighteenth century illuminates the violent, widespread contests along the American frontier that served to define and complete the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Maine's militant settlers organized secret companies to defend their populist understanding of the Revolution.
Forest Life and Forest Trees: Comprising Winter Camp-life Among the Loggers and Wild-wood Adventure with Descriptions of Lumbering Operations on the Various Rivers of Maine and New Brunswick
Author: John S. Springer
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465544917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465544917
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
A Revolutionary People At War
Author: Charles Royster
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807899836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807899836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
In this highly acclaimed book, Charles Royster explores the mental processes and emotional crises that Americans faced in their first national war. He ranges imaginatively outside the traditional techniques of analytical historical exposition to build his portrait of how individuals and a populace at large faced the Revolution and its implications. The book was originally published by UNC Press in 1980.
Annals of Philadelphia
Author: John Fanning Watson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
American Wrench Makers
Author: Kenneth L. Cope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879335875
Category : Tool and die industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dedicated to wrench collectors, this unique illustrated compilation catalogs hundreds of the tool makers, their history, and products cross-referenced to an identification section with patent dates and trade names/marks. Appends notes on a wrenching 19th century litigation case, the term "monkey wrench," and the dean of Coes' wrenches. No bibliography or index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879335875
Category : Tool and die industry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dedicated to wrench collectors, this unique illustrated compilation catalogs hundreds of the tool makers, their history, and products cross-referenced to an identification section with patent dates and trade names/marks. Appends notes on a wrenching 19th century litigation case, the term "monkey wrench," and the dean of Coes' wrenches. No bibliography or index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Annals of the Town of Warren
Author: Cyrus Eaton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maine
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Life of William Plumer
Author: William Plumer (Jr.)
Publisher:
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Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description