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

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

By :"Iver Bernstein Assistant Professor of History Washington University"
Published on 1990-01-04 by Oxford University Press, USA

Category :"History"

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 community. In the end, at least 105 people were killed, making the draft riots the most violent insurrection in American history. In this vividly written book, 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. Bernstein identifies participants, dynamics, causes and consequences, and demonstrates that the \

Lenght : 376

Language : en

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