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American Experience Season 12

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12x01 New York (1): The Country and the City (1609-1825) aired Nov 14, 1999

The series begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, transformation and creativi... read more

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12x02 New York (2): Order and Disorder (1825-1865) aired Nov 15, 1999

Already 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 i... read more

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12x03 New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow (1865-1898) aired Nov 16, 1999

Now 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 r... read more

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12x04 New York (4): The Power and the People (1898-1918) aired Nov 17, 1999

As New York spilled into the new century, the extraordinary interplay of capitalism, democracy and transformation surged to a climax. During a single generat... read more

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12x05 New York (5): Cosmopolis (1919-1931) aired Nov 18, 1999

In 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 u... read more

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12x06 Eleanor Roosevelt aired Jan 10, 2000

Biography of the wife of FDR, her early life, marriage, and rise to the position of one of the most influential and respected women of the 20th century.

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12x07 Houdini aired Jan 24, 2000

The story of the famed magician and incomparable escape artist.

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12x08 Nixon's China Game aired Jan 31, 2000

Nixon and Kissinger decide to engage China as leverage in the Cold War.

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12x09 The Duel aired Feb 14, 2000

The background and aftermath of the 1804 conflict between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.

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12x10 John Brown's Holy War aired Feb 28, 2000

Rise and fall of the volatile and sometimes violent abolitionist.

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12x11 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1) aired Apr 23, 2000

The tumultuous career of the controversial politician from Alabama.

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12x12 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2) aired Apr 24, 2000

The tumultuous career of the controversial politician from Alabama.

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12x13 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory aired May 01, 2000

Traveling singers from an all-Black school tour the north and overseas in the decade after the Civil War.

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12x14 Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life aired May 08, 2000

The life of the "Yankee Clipper," from his humble beginnings as the son of an Italian-American fisherman in California to his world-wide acclaim.

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12x15 The Wizard of Photography aired May 22, 2000

The story of the innovations that made photography affordable and easy enough for any American to enjoy.

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12x16 Jubilee Singers aired Oct 10, 2019

In the chaotic decade following the Civil War, a group of young ex-slaves in Nashville, Tennessee, set out on a mission to save their financially troubled sc... read more

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