Items related to The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for...

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

Bernstein, Iver

 
9780195050066: The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of Civil War

Synopsis

A definitive study of one of the most important events of the American Civil War - the riots that broke out in New York City in July 1863 over the Federal Government attempt to enforce the Conscription Act.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author


About the author:
Iver Bernstein is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University, St. Louis. He was awarded the George Washington Eggleston Prize by Yale University in 1985 for the doctoral dissertation that is the basis of this book.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.