Parades and the politics of the street : festive culture in the early American republic / Simon P. N...
Parades and the politics of the street : festive culture in the early American republic / Simon P. N...
Parades and the politics of the street : festive culture in the early American republic / Simon P. Newman.
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Philadelphia, Pa. : Penn, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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1997.
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N973.4/13
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English
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xiv, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Introduction: The Significance of Popular Political Culture -- 1. Resistance, Revolution, and Nationhood: The Origins of a National Popular Political Culture -- 2. The Partisan Politics of Popular Leadership -- 3. The Popular Politics of Independence Day -- 4. Celebrating the French Revolution -- 5....
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Philadelphia, Pa. : Penn, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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Pennsylvania
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1997.
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Throughout the 1790s, the streets and public places of the new American republic were alive with often elaborate, sometimes unruly parades, feasts, and festivals.
Simon Newman vividly evokes the celebrations of America's first national holidays in the years between the ratification of the Constitution and the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson. He demonstrates how, by taking part in the festive culture of the streets, nonelite American men and women were able to play a significant role in forging the political...
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Parades and the politics of the street : festive culture in the early American republic / Simon P. Newman.
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Early American studies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-264) and index.
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N973.4/13
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0812217241(pbk.) :
9780812233995 (alk. paper)
0812233999 (alk. paper)
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973.4
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991000979329702626
