The unruly city : Paris, London and New York in the age of revolution / Mike Rapport.
Rapport, Michael, author.
2017
DC731 .R37 2017 (Mapit)
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Title The unruly city : Paris, London and New York in the age of revolution / Mike Rapport.
Author Rapport, Michael, author.
ISBN 9780465022281 (hardcover)
0465022286 (hardcover)
Published New York : Basic Books, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description xxxiv, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Call Number DC731 .R37 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 944.04
909.7
303.64
Summary "A vivid history of three intertwined cities--Paris, London, and New York--at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the midst of political chaos. From the British occupation of New York during the Revolutionary War, to agitation for democracy in London, to popular uprisings and regicide in Paris, Rapport explores the relationship between city and revolution, revealing why some cities engender upheaval and some suppress it. Why did Paris experience a devastating revolution while London avoided one? How did American independence spark activism in cities across the Atlantic? And how did these cities influence the development of modern democracy? Rapport takes readers from the politically charged taverns and coffeehouses on Fleet Street, through a sea battle between the British and French in New York Harbor, to the scaffold during the 'Terror' in Paris. Drawing on letters, travelogues and eye-witness accounts, Rapport evokes the sights, sounds and smells of these cities, masterfully weaving their history with the politics of revolution."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-349) and index.
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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.

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