{"product_id":"the-bowery-boys-street-corner-radicals-and-the-politics-of-rebellion","title":"The Bowery Boys: Street Corner Radicals and the Politics of Rebellion","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Long before historians thought of studying \"history from below,\" Bowery leader Mike Walsh self-consciously named his newspaper the Subterranean. Adams' study of the political life of the Bowery Boys digs deeply into this underground and reveals the nature of Jacksonian Democracy's left wing.\" - Timothy Messer-Kruse, Associate Professor and Chair, History Department University of Toledo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Long before historians thought of studying history from below, Bowery leader Mike Walsh self-consciously named his newspaper the Subterranean. Adams' study of the political life of the Bowery Boys digs deeply into this underground and reveals the nature of Jacksonian Democracy's left wing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Forget the romantic picture of the Gangs of New York featured in the recent Hollywood movie. As Peter Adams ably demonstrates in this well-researched book, the Bowery Boys and others had been left behind by the market revolution that swept America in the 19th century, leading them to go embrace a radical political agenda.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Long before historians thought of studying history from below, Bowery leader Mike Walsh self-consciously named his newspaper the Subterranean. Adams' study of the political life of the Bowery Boys digs deeply into this underground and reveals the nature of Jacksonian Democracy's left wing.\"--Timothy Messer-Kruse, Associate Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Toledo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Forget the romantic picture of the Gangs of New York featured in the recent Hollywood movie. 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Amid the toppled ballot boxes and battles for supremacy on the streets, many New Yorkers feared Walsh's gang was at the frontline of a European-style revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA radical and immensely popular voice in antebellum New York, Walsh spoke in the unvarnished language of class conflict. Admired by Walt Whitman and feared by Tammany Hall, Walsh was an original, wildly unstable character who directed his aptly named Spartan Band against the economic and political elite of New York City and New England. As a labor organizer, state legislator, and even U.S. Congressman, the leader of the Bowery Boys fought for shorter working hours, the right to strike, free land for settlers on the American frontier, against child labor, and to restore dignity to the city's growing number of industrial workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before historians thought of studying history from below, Bowery leader Mike Walsh self-consciously named his newspaper the Subterranean. Adams' study of the political life of the Bowery Boys digs deeply into this underground and reveals the nature of Jacksonian Democracy's left wing.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cp\u003eTimothy Messer-Kruse, Associate Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Toledo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForget the romantic picture of the Gangs of New York featured in the recent Hollywood movie. As Peter Adams ably demonstrates in this well-researched book, the Bowery Boys and others had been left behind by the market revolution that swept America in the 19th century, leading them to go embrace a radical political agenda.\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cp\u003eRick Shenkman, author of \u003ci\u003ePresidential Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Long before historians thought of studying history from below, Bowery leader Mike Walsh self-consciously named his newspaper the Subterranean. Adams' study of the political life of the Bowery Boys digs deeply into this underground and reveals the nature of Jacksonian Democracy's left wing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cp\u003eTimothy Messer-Kruse, Associate Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Toledo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Forget the romantic picture of the Gangs of New York featured in the recent Hollywood movie. As Peter Adams ably demonstrates in this well-researched book, the Bowery Boys and others had been left behind by the market revolution that swept America in the 19th century, leading them to go embrace a radical political agenda.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003cp\u003eRick Shenkman, author of \u003ci\u003ePresidential Ambition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bowery Boys: Shirtless and Unterrified\u003cbr\u003eThe Bowery Boys: Radical in Everything\u003cbr\u003eOn to Providence: B'hoys\u003cbr\u003eWorkies, Loco Focos, and the Subterranean Masses\u003cbr\u003eGo West Young Proletary\u003cbr\u003eThe Bowery Boy Goes to Washington\u003cbr\u003eBoss Rule and the Eclipse of the Bowery Boys\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePeter Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer. A former journalist, his work has appeared in newspapers for the Gannett chain, including \n\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in publications that specialize in national security issues. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] good story ... we emerge at the end with greatly increased knowledge of the Democratic Party, the Whig Party, Tammany Hall and the social conditions of New York in the middle of the nineteenth century.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Did these leaders speak much to or for American workers? The evidence make clear only that they speak to historians in search of an American radical tradition.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the decades before the Civil War, the miserable living conditions of New York City's lower east side nurtured the gangs of New York. This book tells the story of the Bowery Boys, one gang that emerged as part urban legend and part street fighters for the city's legions of young workers. Poverty and despair led to a gang culture that was easily politicized, especially under the leadership of Mike Walsh who led a distinct faction of the Bowery Boys that engaged in the violent, almost anarchic, politics of the city during the 1840s and 1850s. Amid the toppled ballot boxes and battles for supremacy on the streets, many New Yorkers feared Walsh's gang was at the frontline of a European-style revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA radical and immensely popular voice in antebellum New York, Walsh spoke in the unvarnished language of class conflict. Admired by Walt Whitman and feared by Tammany Hall, Walsh was an original, wildly unstable character who directed his aptly named Spartan Band against the economic and political elite of New York City and New England. As a labor organizer, state legislator, and even U.S. Congressman, the leader of the Bowery Boys fought for shorter working hours, the right to strike, free land for settlers on the American frontier, against child labor, and to restore dignity to the city's growing number of industrial workers. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eChoice\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2006 pg. 1069 (EAN 9780275985387, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eAdams, Peter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Adams\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer. A former journalist, his work has appeared in newspapers for the Gannett chain, including \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as in publications that specialize in national security issues. 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