The Unruly City
Subtitle: Paris, London, and New York in the Age of Revolution
By: Mike Rapport
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780465022281
Subjects: Modern History; Revolutions; History
Other titles: Unruly City
Description: "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. Why did Paris experience a devastating revolution while London avoided one? And how did American independence ignite activism in cities across the Atlantic? Rapport takes readers from the politically charged taverns and coffeehouses on Fleet Street, through a sea battle between the British and French in the New York Harbor, to the scaffold during the Terror in Paris. The Unruly City shows how the cities themselves became protagonists in the great drama of revolution."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-349) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Three cities in an age of revolution; title: The Revolution comes to New York, 1765-1775; title: London defiant: Wilkes and liberty, 1763-1776; title: The King against Paris, 1763-1776; title: New York City in revolution and war, 1775-1783; title: London burns: reformers and rioters, 1776-1780; title: Paris rises: the coming of revolution, 1776-1789; title: New York: capital city, 1783-1789; title: Paris in revolution, 1789-1793; title: London debates the French Revolution, 1789-1792; title: Paris in the Terror, 1793-1794; title: Radical London: Democrats, loyalists and the reaction, 1792-1794; title: New York confronts the French Revolution, 1789-1795; title: Conclusion: The revolutionary city and historical memory.