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The Orange Riots: Sectarian Violence and State Massacre in 1871 New York
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- ISBN8231428915
- EAN9798231428915
- Date de parution03/12/2025
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- ÉditeurWalzone Press
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The Orange Riots: Sectarian Violence and State Massacre in 1871 New YorkOn July 12, 1871, New York City witnessed its second-deadliest civil disturbance when at least sixty-eight people died during the Orange Riots. This comprehensive historical account reveals how a Protestant parade celebrating the Battle of the Boyne became a flashpoint for catastrophic violence when it marched through the Irish Catholic neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen.
Drawing on extensive contemporary sources, this book demonstrates that the event was not simply a riot but a state-perpetrated massacre, with National Guard soldiers firing indiscriminate volleys into civilian crowds. The work traces the transatlantic origins of sectarian conflict from seventeenth-century Ireland through immigration to America, examines the political calculations that forced the confrontation despite warnings of inevitable bloodshed, and analyzes how the tragedy accelerated the collapse of Boss Tweed's political machine.
More than a historical narrative, this book offers crucial insights into urban governance, ethnic conflict, contested public space, and the dangerous limits of military solutions to political tensions. The Orange Riots' near-total disappearance from American historical memory reveals how societies selectively forget episodes that challenge comfortable narratives about democratic progress and immigrant success.
Drawing on extensive contemporary sources, this book demonstrates that the event was not simply a riot but a state-perpetrated massacre, with National Guard soldiers firing indiscriminate volleys into civilian crowds. The work traces the transatlantic origins of sectarian conflict from seventeenth-century Ireland through immigration to America, examines the political calculations that forced the confrontation despite warnings of inevitable bloodshed, and analyzes how the tragedy accelerated the collapse of Boss Tweed's political machine.
More than a historical narrative, this book offers crucial insights into urban governance, ethnic conflict, contested public space, and the dangerous limits of military solutions to political tensions. The Orange Riots' near-total disappearance from American historical memory reveals how societies selectively forget episodes that challenge comfortable narratives about democratic progress and immigrant success.
