Taking to the Streets: Crowds Politics and the Urban Experience in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Montreal 9780228002635
A historical perspective on public life and popular politics in the streets of Montreal. A historical perspective on p
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French Pages [326] Year 2020
Table of contents :
Cover
TAKING to the STREETS
Title
Copyright
Contents
FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION The Crowd as an Historical Actor and a Lived Experience
CHAPTER 1 A City on the Brink: Making Sense of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Montreal
CHAPTER 2 The Raucous Street Meets the Reformer’s Gaze
CHAPTER 3 Custom, Tumult, and Modernity on the Urban Fringe: The Lachine Canal Strike of 1843
CHAPTER 4 “A voluntary power”: Making Liberal Politics on the Streets of Montreal
CHAPTER 5 Cacophony and Awe: Popular Piety and Public Order in an Age of Sectarian Conflict
CHAPTER 6 “A picture of awful and thrilling beauty”: Rethinking Popular Politics and Authority in the Midst of the Rebellion Losses Crisis of 1849
CONCLUSION On the Streets and Looking Forward as a Turbulent Decade Draws to a Close
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
