Author Archives: Farzana Akhter
A Flock of Immigrants
People from all over the world, even today, are migrating to the United States. From personal experiences, there was a lot I found in common with the Binder and Reimers reading. Some of the basic reasons why many immigrants flocked … Continue reading
Protest Contest
Protest Song in 1969 Dear Mr. President The first video is from the late 1960 and the second video was created in 2007. In the first video you have people who turn around as if to show disgust … Continue reading
Madd people yo
1. Suburbanization- I find this to be the most important change in the nation between 1941 and 1974 because we learned a lot about urbanization and how people migrated to the cities in search of work but now we see … Continue reading
And the Survey Said…
The rise of various means of communications and organizations emphasized the importance of politics and reformers sprouted to create a way to expose conditions of the society to the the public so people were more aware and educated about their … Continue reading
Politics = Violence
Gangs of New York, by Martin Scorsese is a movie that represents life during the mid 19th century in the infamous area known as the Five Points. There were lots of groups that formed with the intent to eliminate the … Continue reading
A Millions A Crowd
Binder and Reimers “An Ethnic and Racial History of New York City” goes in depth with all the various immigrants that migrated from Europe and China. They describe the various trades that the different ethnicities were skilled in (although the … Continue reading
“Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please”
With a growing city like NY, horses and railroads just weren’t enough to keep up with the mass number of commuters traveling back and forth from their homes to their workplace. The subways allowed people to travel long distances from … Continue reading
Deadly Destruction Due to Drafts
Both Bernstein’s The New York City Draft Riots and the virtual riots draft riots website depicted how violence escalated in New York after the Conscription Act passed. Berstein gave us a broad image of the brutality of the riots and … Continue reading
NYC: The city of open-minded, slave-owning people
Shane White’s Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City and Homberger’s Historical Atlas of New York City: African Americans in New York seem to understate the reality of the brutal suffering African Americans endured during the … Continue reading