New York
“A compelling portrait of the greatest and most complex of cities”
This eight-part, 16½-hour television event explores New York City's rich history as the premier laboratory of modern life. A sweeping narrative covering nearly 400 years and 400 square miles, it reveals a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
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1.The Country and the City (1609–1825)
14-11-19992hThe series begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, transformation and creativity. The episode charts...
2.Order and Disorder (1825–1865)
15-11-19992hAlready established as America's premier port, New York City swelled into the nation's greatest industrial metropolis as a massive wave of German and Irish immigration turned the c...
3.Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)
16-11-19992hNow the spotlight shines on the growth, glamour and grief of New York during America's giddy postwar "Gilded Age." Exploring the incomparable wealth of the robber barons and the un...
4.The Power and the People (1898–1918)
17-11-19992hAs New York spilled into the new century, the extraordinary interplay of capitalism, democracy and transformation surged to a climax. During a single generation, over 10 million im...
5.Cosmopolis (1919–1931)
18-11-19992hIn this short but dazzling period, New York became the focal point of an extraordinary array of human and cultural energies, reaching its highest levels of urban excitement and gla...
6.City of Tomorrow (1929–1941)
30-09-20012hIn little more than ten years, immense new forces were unleashed in New York, from the Depression itself to the New Deal, which permanently altered the city and the country. Along...
7.The City and the World (1945–2000)
01-10-20012hIn exploring the social, economic and physical forces that swept through the city in the post-war period, Episode Seven examines the great African-American migration and Puerto Ric...
8.The Center of the World (1946–2003)
08-09-20032hExamines the rise and fall of the World Trade Center -- from its conception in the post-World War II economic boom, through its controversial construction in the 1960s and 1970s, t...
9.Shadows of the Past (1965-2001)
21-09-20261h 54mTrace New York’s turbulent decline and rebirth in the last decades of the 20th century.
10.The Future of Cities (2001-2026)
22-09-20261h 55mFollow New York's transformation since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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