| Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic Contributor(s): Newman, Simon P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812217241 ISBN-13: 9780812217247 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1999 Annotation: Simon P. 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, ordinary American men and women were able to play a significant role in forging the political culture of the young nation. The creation of many of the patriotic holidays we still celebrate coincide with the emergence of the first two-party system. With the political songs they sang, the liberty poles they raised, and the partisan badges they wore, Americans of many walks of life helped shape a new national politics destined to replace the regional practices of the colonial era. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: 973.4 |
| LCCN: 97005392 |
| Series: Early American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |