Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-325) and index.
Contents
The elements of democracy : free speech, free assembly, and the law -- The world of the great city -- London before 1850 -- The Sunday trading bill riots -- Prelude to black and bloody -- Black Monday, bloody Sunday -- Taking back Trafalgar -- New York before 1870 -- The battle over Tompkins Square -- New York under control -- The regulated city -- The triumph of order.