The best book yet written about the emergence of New York City's working class and a major contribution to American working-class history.–
The New Republic[
Chants Democratic] has no equal in breadth of subject, grace of style or acuity of interpretation.–
The NationWilentz has written
the statement on Jacksonian New York....A great leap forward in both American social and American political history.–
Journal of American HistoryA remarkable book that will quickly establish itself in the historiography and exert a powerful influence on the future direction of social, labor, and political history.–
Journal of Interdisciplinary History