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New York, 1609-1825 : The Country and the City
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This episode of New York: A Documentary Film begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, transformation and creativity. Fi...
This episode of New York: A Documentary Film begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, transformation and creativity. Filmmaker Ric Burns charts the development of the city founded by the Dutch as a purely commercial enterprise, first as New Amsterdam, a freewheeling enclave of trade and opportunity; then as the British colony of New York, bestowed as a birthday gift upon the Duke of York by his brother, King Charles, and fueled by slavery; soon after as a strategically pivotal locale in the American Revolution; and ultimately as the city of New York: the nation's first capital and the place destined to define urban life in America - and American ideals.
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- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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- New York (Television program)
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2011], c2003
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- 1 streaming video file (120 min.) : sd., col., digital file
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- OCLC
- ocn783246052
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on August 21, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Introduction and Credits: New York, 1609-1825: The Country and the City (1:51) -- Henry Hudson's Discovery (1:42) -- New York: Constant Possibility (3:54) -- Rise of the Tiny Colony on the Edge of the World (2:55) -- The Country and the City (2:41) -- Colonies Struggle for Survival: The Year of the Blood (5:35) -- Diversity and Democracy in New Amsterdam (3:03) -- New Amsterdam Becomes New York (2:53) -- English Pave the Way for Reconstruction (5:48) -- Exploitation of Slave Labor (8:17) -- British Taxation and the Stamp Act (4:03) -- Spark of the American Revolution (6:01) -- New York City Braces for War (5:44) -- American Revolution (3:12) -- Reconstructing New York (5:28) -- A Divided Nation (5:23) -- New York Stock Exchange (2:27) -- Last Days Of Alexander Hamilton (2:32) -- New York City Today (1:51) -- Innovations of New York City (4:01) -- A Mythical History Of New York (2:33) -- Dewitt Clinton and the Iron Grid (11:08) -- The Erie Canal (8:34) -- The Great Crowded Metropolis (3:21) -- Credits: New York, 1609-1825: The Country and the City (3:57)