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"The second episode chronicles the rise of New York from merchant city to industrial metropolis as the commercial revolution triggered by the Erie Canal transforms every aspect of life in the city. As the immigrant population explodes and social problems of every kind emerge on the streets of Manhattan."--container.
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"The third episode chronicles the history of New York during the giddy decades following the Civil War. During this period, New York grows at a staggering rate, building on its position as the commercial and cultural capital of America to become the he3adquarters of an entirely new corporate economy."--container.
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"In this pivotal forth episode, the forces of capitalism and democracy in New York come to a stunning crescendo, as the city's tremendous industrial engine draws in people from around the world--tripling New York's population in less than a single lifetime."--container
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"Themes of democracy and capitalism are brought to a moving zenith during the period, as New York's hybrid cultural style mixes high culture and low, black culture and white, in a new and distinctively American form, that is manufactured in New York and distributed to the rest of the world.--container