The Dangerous Classes

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The Dangerous Classes

• I. The New Working Class
• A. Economic Transformation
• B. Migration
• C. Common Labor
• II. Politics
• A. Deference
• B. Universal White Male Suffrage
• C. Voluntary Associations
• D. The Law
• III. A Mans World
• A. Gangs
• B. Sporting Life
• IV. Violence
• A. Political
• B. Riots

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EconomicTransformation

• Market Revolution
• From artisans to wage laborers

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Immigration
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Common Labor
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Deference
Plan for Monticello
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Mass Politics
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Voluntary Associations

• Fire companies
• Insurance companies
• Churches
• Charitable organizations
• Fraternal Societies
• Masons
• Craft guilds
• Labor unions

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The Law of Association
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Gangs
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Vice
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Boxing
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Political Violence
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Riot