Screen LibraryRevolting New York : how 400 years of riot, rebellion, uprising, and revolution shaped a city /
"For many, the appearance of Occupy Wall Street seemed so sudden and so surprising it seemed to have come out of nowhere. But Occupy Wall Street was in some sense not unusual: it was part and parcel of a long history of riot, revolt, uprising, and sometimes even revolution that has shaped the c...
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The University of Georgia Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Athens, Georgia : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Geographies of justice and social transformation ;
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| Summary: |
"For many, the appearance of Occupy Wall Street seemed so sudden and so surprising it seemed to have come out of nowhere. But Occupy Wall Street was in some sense not unusual: it was part and parcel of a long history of riot, revolt, uprising, and sometimes even revolution that has shaped the city and the larger histories and geographies of which it is part. The history of New York is, in significant part, a history of revolt. Many citizens, activists, and scholars know pieces of that history, but nowhere has it been put together in something close to its entirety. The effect is that each re |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780820352824 0820352829 9780820352817 0820352810 |
| Index Number: | HV6483 |
| CLC: | K712.9 |
| Call Number: | K712.9/R454 |