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Fires of Philadelphia : Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots over the Soul of a Nation by Zachary M. Schrag (2021, Hardcover)
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PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-10164313728X
ISBN-139781643137285
eBay Product ID (ePID)14050408904
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Book TitleFires of Philadelphia : Citizen-Soldiers, Nativists, and the 1844 Riots over the Soul of a Nation
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Social History, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorZachary M. Schrag
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight20.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-280502
ReviewsIn the summer of 1844, partisan anti-immigrant violence turned the City of Brotherly Love into a warzone. As deadly battles between nativists and Irish Catholics escalated from sticks to bricks, from blades to pistols, from muskets to cannons, the promise of the United States as a nation of immigrants--the very idea of citizenship--was put to a pivotal test. On every riveting page, Zachary Schrag's The Fires of Philadelphia burns with outrage and tragedy, revealing the eerily recognizable politics of the riot that threatened to undo America., Schrag renders the era's political and religious turmoil in granular detail and offers blow-by-blow accounts of the rolling street battles that engulfed Philadelphia. History buffs will be rewarded by this meticulous account of a largely forgotten episode.
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal305.8009748/11
SynopsisA gripping and masterful account of the moment one of America's founding cities turned on itself, giving the nation a preview of the Civil War to come. America is in a state of deep unrest, grappling with xenophobia, racial, and ethnic tension a national scale that feels singular to our time. But it also echoes the earliest anti-immigrant sentiments of the country. In 1844, Philadelphia was set aflame by a group of Protestant ideologues--avowed nativists--who were seeking social and political power rallied by charisma and fear of the immigrant menace. For these men, it was Irish Catholics they claimed would upend morality and murder their neighbors, steal their jobs, and overturn democracy. The nativists burned Catholic churches, chased and beat people through the streets, and exchanged shots with a militia seeking to reinstate order. In the aftermath, the public debated both the militia's use of force and the actions of the mob. Some of the most prominent nativists continued their rise to political power for a time, even reaching Congress, but they did not attempt to stoke mob violence again. Today, in an America beset by polarization and riven over questions of identity and law enforcement, the 1844 Philadelphia Riots and the circumstances that caused them demand new investigation. At a time many envision America in flames, The Fires of Philadelphia shows us a city--one that embodies the founding of our country--that descended into open warfare and found its way out again., A gripping and masterful account of the moment one of America's founding cities turned on itself, giving the nation a preview of the Civil War to come.
LC Classification NumberF158.44
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