The Armies of the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots of 1863University Press of Kentucky, 1974 - 323 pages 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 conditions, the corruption of the civic government, and the geographical and economic factors that led up to the social upheaval. |
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Packed and Pestilential Town | 3 |
The Reasons for Riot | 18 |
The Fuse and the Powder | 48 |
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