Radical Gotham - 9780252041051

Radical GothamAnarchism in New York City from Schwab's Saloon to Occupy Wall Street\nAuthor(s): Tom Goyens, Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey, Christopher J. Castaeda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W Moore\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252041051, 978-0252041051\nSynopsis\nNew York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention. Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the 1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of a.