The Road to Mobocracy

The Road to Mobocracy
Author: Paul A. Gilje
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1987
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807841983

The Road to Mobocracy is the first major study of public disorder in New York City from the Revolutionary period through the Jacksonian era. During that time, the mob lost its traditional, institutional role as corporate safety valve and social cor