American Experience (season 12)

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

No. in series	No. in 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
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
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
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
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
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
135	7	"Houdini"[3]	Nancy Porter, Beth Tierney	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 24, 2000
136	8	"Nixon's China Game"[4]	Mark Anderson, Michael Simkin	Biographies, Politics	January 31, 2000
137	9	"The Duel"[5]	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Politics	February 14, 2000
138	10	"John Brown's Holy War"[6]	Robert Kenner	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 28, 2000
139	11	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)"[7]	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 23, 2000
140	12	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)"	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 24, 2000
141	13	"Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory"[8]	Llewellyn Smith	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 1, 2000
142	14	"Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life"[9]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 8, 2000
143	15	"The Wizard of Photography"[10]	James A. DeVinney	Biographies, Technology	May 22, 2000

References

1. "American Experience | New York: A Documentary Film". PBS. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
2. "American Experience | Eleanor Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
3. "American Experience | Houdini". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
4. "American Experience | Nixon's China Game". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
5. "American Experience | The Duel". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
6. "American Experience | John Brown's Holy War". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
7. "American Experience | George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
8. "American Experience | The Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
9. "American Experience | Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
10. "American Experience | The Wizard of Photography". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.