Title New York: In Sunshine And Shadow - 1865-1898 - Ep 3 Of 5 / Director: Burns, Ric

Published Australia : SBS 2, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 min. 53 sec.) ; 320380035 bytes Summary This episode turns the spotlight on a period of greed and wealth that fuelled the expanding metropolis - even as politics and poverty defined it. It explores the incomparable wealth of the robber barons and the unabashed corruption of political leaders, such as Tammany Hall boss William M Tweed. It also examines the era when the expansion of wealth and poverty - and the schism between them - built to a crescendo. (From the US) (Documentary Series) (Part 3 of 5) PG Event Broadcast 2011-07-15 at 19:30:00 Notes Classification: PG Subject Manners and customs. Political corruption. Poverty -- Political aspects. New York (State) -- New York. Form Streaming video Author Burns, Ric, director Lopate, Phillip, contributor Wallace, Mike, contributor

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