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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cook, Adrian (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [1974]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.