ADRIAN COOK
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt130jk7d
Book Description:
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.
eISBN: 978-0-8131-6255-3
Subjects: History, Sociology