The armies of the streets : the New York City draft riots of 1863 /
In July 1863 New York City experienced widespread rioting unparalleled in the history of the nation. Here for the first time is a scholarly analysis of the Draft Riots, dealing with motives and with the reasons for the recurring civil disorders in nineteenth-century New York: the appalling living co...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[1974]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Proem; THE CITY IN 1863; 1 Packed and Pestilential Town; 2 The Reasons for Riot; THE DAYS OF THE RIOT; 3 The Fuse and the Powder; 4 Black Pogrom and the Old Whitecoat; 5 Clubs Are Trumps; 6 The Reign of King Mob; 7 City for Conquest; 8 Peace in Warsaw; THE AFTERMATH; 9 The Harvest of Riot; 10 The Reckoning; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.