The New York City draft riots : their significance for American society and politics in the age of the Civil War / Iver Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Iver, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this vividly written text, Iver Bernstein tells the compelling story of the New York City draft riots. He details how what began as a demonstration against the first federal draft soon expanded into a sweeping assault against the local institutions and personnel of Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party as well as a grotesque race riot. He identifies participants, dynamics, causes and consequences, and demonstrates that the 'winners' and 'losers' of the July 1863 crisis were anything but clear, even after five regiments rushed north from Gettysburg ro restore order.

Contents:

CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; ONE: DRAFT RIOTS AND THE SOCIAL ORDER; TWO: ORIGINS OF THE CRISIS, 1850's AND 1860's; THREE: RESOLUTIONS OF THE CRISIS, 1860's AND 1870's; EPILOGUE: The Draft Riots' Lost Significance; APPENDICES AND MAPS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; INDEX;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 9, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-771498-6

0-19-992343-4

1-4237-3746-6

1-60129-841-2

1-280-44115-1

0-19-802171-2

OCLC:

475956223

Publisher Number:

2027/heb02339 hdl