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Author Rapport, Michael.

Title The unruly city : Paris, London and New York in the age of revolution / Mike Rapport.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Basic Books, [2017]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  944.04 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  909.7 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  909.7 RAP    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  909.7 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  909.7 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  944.04 RAP    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  909.7 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  944.04 RAPPORT    Check Shelf
Description xxxiv, 364 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-349) and index.
Contents Introduction: Three cities in an age of revolution -- The Revolution comes to New York, 1765-1775 -- London defiant: Wilkes and liberty, 1763-1776 -- The King against Paris, 1763-1776 -- New York City in revolution and war, 1775-1783 -- London burns: reformers and rioters, 1776-1780 -- Paris rises: the coming of revolution, 1776-1789 -- New York: capital city, 1783-1789 -- Paris in revolution, 1789-1793 -- London debates the French Revolution, 1789-1792 -- Paris in the Terror, 1793-1794 -- Radical London: Democrats, loyalists and the reaction, 1792-1794 -- New York confronts the French Revolution, 1789-1795 -- Conclusion: The revolutionary city and historical memory.
Summary In The Unruly City, historian Mike Rapport offers a vivid history of three intertwined cities toward the end of the eighteenth century--Paris, London, and New York--all in the midst of political chaos and revolution. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War, to agitation for democracy in London and popular uprisings, and ultimately regicide in Paris, Rapport explores the relationship between city and revolution, asking why some cities engender upheaval and some suppress it.
Subject Revolutions -- History -- 18th century.
Revolutions -- History -- 19th century.
History, Modern -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 18th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- 19th century.
London (England) -- History -- 18th century.
London (England) -- History -- 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 18th century.
New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
History, Modern -- 18th century.
History, Modern -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780465022281 (hardcover)
0465022286 (hardcover)
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