American Experience (season 12)

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Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 15
Release
Original network PBS
Original release November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14) – May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)
List of American Experience episodes

Season twelve of American Experience originally aired between November 14, 1999 and May 23, 2000, and contained 15 episodes, beginning with "New York: The Country and the City (Part 1)."

Episodes

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See also: List of American Experience episodes
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season		 Title Directed by Categories Original air date
129 1 "New York: The Country and the City (Part 1)"[1] Ric Burns Popular Culture November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)
The series begins with the founding of New Amsterdam, a Dutch trading post. The city starts to take shape as New Amsterdam becomes British New York. By the Revolutionary War, the city becomes the site for several key battles. This episode also covers the building of the Erie Canal.
130 2 "New York: Order and Disorder (Part 2)" Ric Burns Popular Culture November 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)
New York City has the largest port in the country. Waves of Irish and German immigrants flood into the city between 1825 and 1865 only to find that New York is not so welcoming to immigrants. Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux shape the city with their design for Central Park but social unrest still ran high for the working classes, coming to a climax with the draft riots of 1863.
131 3 "New York: Sunshine and Shadow (Part 3)" Ric Burns Popular Culture November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
The Gilded Age following the Civil War saw the rise of the robber barons and the schism between wealth and poverty widen dramatically. The political life of the city, exemplified by William M. Tweed and Tammany Hall descended into total corruption. As the turn of the century dawned, New York City annexes Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
132 4 "New York: The Power and the People (Part 4)" Ric Burns Popular Culture November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)
As the city starts building the skyscrapers that would make its skyline iconic, 10 million immigrants arrive in New York. The immigrants lived in frequently squalid conditions and worked in the city's most undesirable jobs. In 1911, when 146 female Jewish and Italian immigrants died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the city was largely unified in the successful demand for legislation on new factory safety reforms and labor laws.
133 5 "New York: Cosmopolis (Part 5)" Ric Burns Popular Culture November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18)
Following World War I, Manhattan becomes the cultural capital of the world, serving as the home to the brand new industries of radio broadcasting, magazines, advertising and public relations. Major cultural contributions were made by F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and the Harlem Renaissance was the banner under which an explosion of African American culture and creativity lived. As the Great Depression dawned, the Chrysler Building and Empire State Building were completed.
134 6 "Eleanor Roosevelt"[2] Sue Williams Biographies, Politics, Presidents January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)
135 7 "Houdini"[3] Nancy Porter, Beth Tierney Biographies, Popular Culture January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24)
136 8 "Nixon's China Game"[4] Mark Anderson, Michael Simkin Biographies, Politics January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
137 9 "The Duel"[5] Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson Politics February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
138 10 "John Brown's Holy War"[6] Robert Kenner Biographies, Civil Rights February 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)
139 11 "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)"[7] Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics April 23, 2000 (2000-04-23)
140 12 "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)" Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics April 24, 2000 (2000-04-24)
141 13 "Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory"[8] Llewellyn Smith Civil Rights, Popular Culture May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)
142 14 "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life"[9] Mark Zwonitzer Biographies, Popular Culture May 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)
143 15 "The Wizard of Photography"[10] James A. DeVinney Biographies, Technology May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)

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