mobs

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  7/21/2022
  

  The Dangerous Misunderstanding of America's History of Mob Action

  by Stefan Lund

  Contrary to the protestations of January 6th apologists, mob action in America has usually worked to suppress, rather than defend, democracy.

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• 8/9/2020
  

  Let's Return Historical Attention to the Crowd

  by Peter N. Stearns

  Historians have much to add to the social science theory on crowds and can help advance understanding past simplistic and mechanistic understandings of today's public unrest.