Description: From the earliest European colonization to the present, New Yorkers have been revolting. Hard-hitting, revealing, and insightful, Revolting New York tells the story of New York's evolution through revolution, a story of near-continuous popular (and sometimes not-so-popular) uprising.
Brief description: NEIL SMITH was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the City University of New York and serves as director for the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics. He is author or editor of nine books that explore the broad intersection between space, nature, social theory, and history and is co-organizer of the International Critical Geography Group.
Review Quotes: Like a woke dog zapped by an invisible electric barrier whenever it tries to leave the yard, I now recognize the real reason I can't escape this place. Revolting New York is an electrifying compendium of tales of four centuries of the energetic insubordination that is so completely foundational to our character. While the causes and constituencies have varied all over our map, the constant has been taking to the streets, fomenting an unending festival of resistance. I couldn't be prouder than to discover that my homes downtown have been at uprising's very epicenter. You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the Union Square!--Michael Sorkin "author of What Goes Up: The Rights and Wrongs of the City"