Triumph of Order: Democracy and Public Space in New York and London

Lisa Keller

November, 2008
Cloth, 368 pages, 50 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14672-2
$45.00 / £26.50

List of Illustrations

Preface

Maps

Part 1. Prologue

Introduction: A Perfect Storm of People

1. The Elements of Democracy: Free Speech, Free Assembly, and the Law

2. The World of the Great City

Part 2. Public Order in Victorian London

3. London Before 1850

4. The Sunday Trading Bill Riots

5. Prelude to Black and Bloody

6. Black Monday, Bloody Sunday

7. Taking Back Trafalgar

Part 3. Violence and Control in the Empire City

8. New York Before 1870

9. The Battle Over Tompkins Square

10. New York Under Control

11. The Regulated City

Part 4. Epilogue

12. The Triumph of Order

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• American History (Save 20% on titles in American Studies)
• European History
• History
• Urban History

Series

• Columbia History of Urban Life

About the Author

Lisa Keller is associate professor of history at Purchase College, State University of New York. She worked for ten years in Europe as a professor and journalist.

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