The New York City Draft Riots : Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War.

For five days in July 1863, at the height of the Civil War, New York City was under siege. Angry rioters burned draft offices, closed factories, destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines, and hunted policemen and soldiers. Before long, the rioters turned their murderous wrath against the black c...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Iver
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
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