The Dangerous ClassesI. The New Working Class

A. Economic TransformationB. MigrationC. Common Labor

II. PoliticsA. DeferenceB. Universal White Male SuffrageC. Voluntary AssociationsD. The Law

III. A Man’s WorldA. GangsB. Sporting Life

IV. ViolenceA. PoliticalB. Riots

EconomicTransformatio

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• Market Revolution

• From artisans to wage laborers

Immigration

Common Labor

Deference

Plan for Monticello

Mass Politics

Voluntary Associations

• Fire companies• Insurance companies• Churches• Charitable

organizations• Fraternal Societies

– Masons

• Craft guilds• Labor unions

The Law of Association

Gangs

Vice

Boxing

Political Violence

Riot