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

List of Illustrations ix

Preface xi

Part 1 Prologue 1

Introduction: A Perfect Storm of People 3

1 The Elements of Democracy: Free Speech, Free Assembly, and the Law 15

2 The World of the Great City 35

Part 2 Public Order in Victorian London 63

3 London Before 1850 65

4 The Sunday Trading Bill Riots 77

5 Prelude to Black and Bloody 93

6 Black Monday, Bloody Sunday 109

7 Taking Back Trafalgar 133

Part 3 Violence and Control in the Empire City 149

8 New York Before 1870 151

9 The Battle Over Tompkins Square 169

10 New York Under Control 183

11 The Regulated City 203

Part 4 Epilogue 215

12 The Triumph of Order 217

Acknowledgments 243

Notes 245

Bibliography 295

Index 327