- FIRST EDITION (just the '1974' date on copyright page with NO other dates or printings mentioned)- This is NOT an ex-library book and it is NOT a reprint edition- BINDING brick red cloth hardcover with titles in gold on red-block on spine; binding and text are very neat, clean and solid, VG or better with NO bookplates. Just previous owners name/address small and neatly ink stamped in black on top inside front cover, inside back cover and last free page. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET is neat, clean and bright, G+ in new archival protector. Overall, a very nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of an UNCOMMON ACCOUNT and ANALYSIS of the DRAFT RIOTS in 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORK. This 'SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS of the DRAFT RIOTS, deals with MOTIVES and with the REASONS for the recurring CIVIL DISORDERS-the appalling LIVING CONDITIONS, the CORRUPTION of the CIVIC GOVERNMENT, and the GEOGRAPHICAL and ECONOMIC FACTORS that led to the SOCIAL UPHEAVAL.using AFFIDAVITS and COURT RECORDS, Mr. Cook presents the DISTURBANCES from the RIOTERS' and the VICTIMS' points of view as well as that of the AUTHORITIES.he RELATES in GRAPHIC DETAIL individual INCIDENTS of VIOLENCE DIRECTED especially TOWARDS BLACKS, and DESTRUCTION of PROPERTY.also considered was the EFFECT of the RIOTS on CIVIL WAR POLITICS.' 323 pages complete with FOUR APPENDICES, NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY and INDEX. Overall, a very nice, SOLID COLLECTOR COPY of an UNCOMMON ACCOUNT and ANALYSIS of the DRAFT RIOTS in NINETEENTH CENTURY NEW YORK. Seller Inventory # BK1231240

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Title: THE ARMIES OF THE STREETS: THE NEW YORK CITY...

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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