Title New York: Order And Disorder - 1825-1865 - Ep 2 Of 5 / Director: Burns, Ric

Published Australia : SBS 2, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 59 sec.) ; 306008857 bytes Summary This episode details New York's enormous growth as a booming commercial centre and multi-ethnic port, and the mounting tensions that set the stage for the nation's bloodiest riot. Already established as America's premier port, New York City swelled into the nation's greatest industrial metropolis as a massive wave of German and Irish immigration turned the city into one of the world's most complex urban environments, bringing with it a host of new social problems. (From the US) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 5) PG Event Broadcast 2011-07-08 at 19:30:00 Notes Classification: PG Subject American Civil War (1861-1865) Draft Riot (New York, New York : 1863) Immigrants -- Ethnic identity. Political violence. Race riots. War casualties. New York (State) -- New York. Form Streaming video Author Burns, Ric, director Stiers, David Ogden, cast

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