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

Book by Iver Bernstein; Oxford University Press, 1990

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

Collections: History, Entire Library

...70 ; and depression riots of 1857, 138 ; and Eleventh...115 - 117 , 140 ; and riot, 46 New York Mission...136 Ninth District Draft Office, 18-19, 20...110 - 112 ; and draft riots, 18 ; founding, 166...309 n. 136 ; and draft riots, 30 , 35 , 38 , 45...49 , 60 , 70 Orange riot, 195 , 196 , 228 , 229...
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Blue Dreams: Korean Americans and the Los Angeles Riots

Book by Nancy Abelmann, John Lie; Harvard University Press, 1995

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Korean Americans--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic Relations, Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...1992a . On the New York City Draft Riots, see Bernstein 1990...10 noted: "The Los Angeles riots are likely to prove a watershed...and the framing of the L.A. riots, which was, in itself, a...4 . 9. In terms of what the riots signified for radical political...American left, this will be a hard riot to romanticize." 10. Walker...
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The Turbulent Era: Riot & Disorder in Jacksonian America

Book by Michael Feldberg; Oxford University Press, 1980

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Philadelphia (Pa.)--Ethnic Relations, Riots--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia, Riots--United States--History--19th Century, Violence--United States--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...York, 1970 . Most of the major riots described in this work have...chapter 7. The Native American Riots of 1844 are more fully explored...Feldberg, The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: A Study of Ethnic...of the Streets: The New York Draft Riots of 1863 Lexington, Mass...
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The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future

Book by Mark Baldassare; Westview Press, 1994

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Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race Relations, Riots--California--Los Angeles

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Angeles Civil Disturbance . Draft report. Sacramento...1981. "The Miami Riots of 1980: Antecedent...Deaths in Toll Really Riot-Related"? May 6...The First Multiethnic Riots". May 10: M4. Los...Unlikely Flash Point for Riots". July 5: A1. Los...Claims Against City Over Riot Injuries, Losses...
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Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD

Book by Lou Cannon; Westview Press, 1999

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African Americans--Civil Rights--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, King, Rodney, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Police Dept, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics And Government, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race Relations, Racism--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Riots--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...officially ending the riots. Fifty-four people...disturbance since the Draft Riot of 1863 in New York City...most ever in any U.S. riot. Eight hundred and sixty...as in the 1965 Watts riot. Thousands of businesses...beginning of another. The riots had wrecked the infrastructure...

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Journal Articles on: draft riots

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John E. Wool and the New York City Draft Riots of 1863: A Reassessment

Journal article by Laurence M. Hauptman; Civil War History, Vol. 49, 2003

Subjects:

Riots, Seymour, Horatio, Thomas, Lorenzo, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Research, Welles, Gideon, Wool, John Ellis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...inequality and injustice" of the draft and its unfairness to New Yorkers...became even more vocal about the draft, pointing out that Republicans...even attempted to suspend the drafts operation, vowing to initiate...Seymour failed to get the draft lottery postponed. When the draft riots erupted in the early morning...nearly eighty hours after the riot began, Seymour finally wrote...
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"In the Midst of Strange and Terrible Times": The New York City Draft Riots of 1863

Journal article by Barbara C. Cruz, Jennifer Marques Patterson; Social Education, Vol. 69, 2005

Subjects:

Civil war--Influence, Civil war--United States, Students--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The New York City Draft Riots of 1863. by Barbara...history--the Draft Riots of 1863. These have...the New York City Draft Riots the citys own inhabitants...quickly escalated into a riot that erupted at the volatile...Effects of the New York Draft Riots of 1863. www.mapsites...The Boston Draft Riot." Civil War History...
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Drawing Civil War Soldiers: Volunteers and the Draft in Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1861-64

Journal article by Martin Kuhn; Journalism History, Vol. 32, 2006

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American Civil War, Editorial cartoons, Illustrations, Military draft, Newspapers, Riots

Collections: History, Entire Library

...one depicting the local riots.65 Harpers seems not to have given draft evaders any more space...Army. By contrast, the riot illustrations in Leslies...with the issue of the draft, and when it did, the...coverage of the draft riots in 1863. Harpers played down the riots and limited coverage...rioters" and used riot illustrations on its...
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An Incitement to Riot

Journal article by Thomas J. Hrach; Journalism History, Vol. 37, 2011

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Assassinations & assassination attempts, Cities, News media, Poverty, Research, Riots, Television news, Violence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...researchers examined televised riot coverage in fifteen cities where major riots had occurred in the summer...considers the timing of the riots and the damage they caused. Newarks riot lasted from July 12-17...news media did not cause the riots. Commission membets teviewed that draft in January 1 968 and softened...
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Los Angeles Zoot: Race "Riot," the Pachuco, and Black Music Culture

Journal article by Douglas Henry Daniels; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 82, 1997

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Fads--Social aspects, Los Angeles, California--Demonstrations, protests, etc., Minority youth--Clothing, Music and youth--Social aspects, Racism--California, Riots--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...examination of the so-called "zoot-suit" riot that occurred in early June 1943 in Los Angeles. Such riots also took place elsewhere that year...Dominic J. Capeci, Jr., The Harlem Riot of 1943 (Philadelphia, 1977) and Layered Violence: The Detroit Riots of 1943 (Oxford, Ms., 1991); Kenneth...Appendix A, Solomon J. Jones, Government Riots, pp. 85-88. 22 Shogan and Craig, Detroit Race Riot, p. 106; Duane Robinson, Chance to...

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Magazine Articles on: draft riots

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Quiet Riot

Magazine article by Lisa Arbetter; Security Management, Vol. 37, July 1993

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Crime, Employees, Industries--Safety and security measures, Industry--Safety and security measures, Workers' compensation

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Quiet Riot. by Lisa Arbetter Workers compensation fraud is considered a bloodless crime...traffic control, automated manufacturing, and military systems. Standards, draft standards, and guidelines from each of these fields were examined in this...
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Thinking about the Draft

Magazine article by William A. Galston; Public Interest, Winter 2004

Subjects:

Citizenship--Analysis, Military policy--Analysis, Posner, Richard A.--Criticism and interpretation, Recruiting and enlistment--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...runs the argument, so is the draft. In a similar vein, the philosopher...voluntary service (there is no draft for police officers) and mandatory...of $300 to avoid a specific draft notice; and an individual could...including anticonscription riots among urban workers. Setting...
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The First Draft: Jason Burke Describes How War Correspondents Benefit from a Knowledge of History, and How History Might Benefit from Their Work in Turn

Magazine article by Jason Burke; History Today, Vol. 59, February 2008

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History--Media coverage, Journalists--Influence, Journalists--Practice, War--Media coverage, Wars--Media coverage

Collections: History, Entire Library

The First Draft: Jason Burke Describes How War Correspondents...century coaching inn, driving out to cover riots through its arches. In Kabul I watched...misjudgements and the lacunae, for a first draft of history, it is not all that bad. ILLUSTRATION...
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The Moroccan Way

Magazine article by Marvine Howe; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 30, September 2011

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Associations, Constitutions, Democracy, Demonstrations & protests, Political activism, Reforms, Riot control

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...academics and human rights experts was to draft constitutional amendments, which would...June 17, King Mohammed VI presented his draft proposal for "a democratic, constitutional...Separating the two camps was a cordon of riot police, who did not intervene when the...
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We Need You: National Service, an Idea Whose Time Has Come

Magazine article by Timothy Noah; Washington Monthly, Vol. 18, November 1986

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Armed Forces--Social aspects, Draft--Social aspects, Military service, Voluntary--Social aspects, National service--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...participation: compulsory service. Draft dodger rag Few Americans delight...national service--the military drafts--have demonstrated clearly...cities. The New York City draft riots began on July 13, nine days...will happen again with any draft that loses popular support...that has been used to enforce drafts in the past. It may well be...

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Newspaper Articles on: draft riots

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Timeline of Terror: The Midland Riots

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 11, 2011

Subjects:

Police officers--Chronologies, Police--Chronologies, Riots--Chronologies

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Timeline of Terror: The Midland Riots. Monday, August 8: * West Midlands Police draft in extra officers during the afternoon amid concerns that the city would be targeted by youths. A human barricade of police officers...
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Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit Euro

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 25, 2010

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit Euro. Byline...it should be forced to quit the euro. Riots erupting during workers protests over planned...they have added to their properties. A draft bill going through the Greek parliament...
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Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit Euro

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 25, 2010

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit Euro. Byline...it should be forced to quit the euro. Riots erupted during workers protests over planned...they have added to their properties. A draft bill going through the Greek parliament...
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Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit the Euro

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 25, 2010

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Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Greece Hit by New Riots as Pressure Grows to Quit the Euro. Byline...International Monetary Fund, a fresh wave of riots hit the country as workers protested at...extra rooms added to their properties. A draft bill could result in apartment and villa...
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Police Chief: Cuts Could Cause Riots; Social Tensions Will Rise, Ministers Are Warned

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 14, 2010

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Police, Police officers, Riots

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Police Chief: Cuts Could Cause Riots; Social Tensions Will Rise, Ministers...Editor PUBLIC sector cutbacks could lead to riots, a leading police officer will warn this...rise. His gloomy views are outlined in a draft copy of a speech he will give to his organisations...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: draft riots

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Draft Riots

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DRAFT RIOTS in the American Civil War, mob action to...dominated commission that investigated the draft in New York, while Governor Seymour urged...which never came about). In August the draft was peacefully resumed. The privilege of...
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Selective Service

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Civil War, but proved unpopular (see draft riots ). The law authorized release from service...There were numerous demonstrations at draft boards and induction centers. Many young men evaded the draft through technicalities or fraud; thousands...
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Seymour, Horatio

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and denounced the military arrest of Clement L. Vallandigham . His speech in New York City on the occasion of the draft riots (July, 1863) played into Republican hands and was a factor in his defeat (1864). He was the Democratic presidential...
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New York , State, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...pave the way for New Yorks swing to the Republicans and Abraham Lincoln in the fateful election of 1860. Despite the draft riots (1863) in New York City and the activities of the Peace Democrats, New York state strongly favored the Union and...
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Civil War , in U.S. History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tremendous material advantage. Both sides also resorted to conscription, even though it met some resistance (see draft riots ). Under Stanton, successor to Simon Cameron , the overall administration of the Union army was more efficient. Problems...

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