| From the earliest days of the Dutch settlement at New Amsterdam to the
challenges the city faces as it heads into the new millenium, NEW YORK tells the dramatic,
four-century story of America's greatest city. The five episodes of this comprehensive
set were directed and produced by acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Ric Burns. They
include:
- The Country and the City--From the first settlers to the opening of the Erie
Canal.
- Order and Disorder--As the city grows, the social fabric strains and frays.
- Sunshine and Shadow--The post Civil War era is a gilded age for New York, but the
divisions in society deepen.
- The Power and the People--Immigration transforms the city and a wave of building
changes its face.
- Cosmopolis--The Roaring 20s were quieted by the crash of '29, but in the silence
that follows a new symbol arises.
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