TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - “But Burn—No”: The Rest of the Crowd in Three Civil Disorders in 1960s Chicago JO - Journal of urban history A1 - Seligman, Amanda I. SP - 230 EP - 255 VL - 37 IS - 2 N2 - Examining the internal dynamics of three civil disturbances on the West Side of Chicago during the late 1960s, this article describes the presence of numerous people who were not participating in the upheaval. It pays particular attention to “counterrioters,” civilian residents of the neighborhoods and members of local organizations, who tried to persuade those engaging in violence to stop. Local dissent from the tactic of violence suggests that historians should describe these events using the neutral language of social science rather than the politically loaded labels of “riot” or “rebellion.” The article argues that American historians of urban disorders should use the methods of European scholars of the crowd to study the actions of participants in order to ascertain their political content, rather than relying on an examination of their motives.
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