The Turbulent Era: Riot and Disorder in Jacksonian America

by Michael Feldberg

Book Overview

Using the Philadelphia Native American Riots of 1844 as his model, Professor Feldberg analyzes and contrasts the varieties of collective violence--ethnic, religious, racial, economic, political, vigilante--that beset American cities during the first half of the nineteenth century. In focusing on specific historical events that have much broader significance, Professor Feldberg provides a succinct, readable book that will be of interest to students...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195026780
• ISBN13: 9780195026788
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.1"