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Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic

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Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic - Newman, Simon P
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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 coincided with the emergence of the first two-party system. With the political ...

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Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic 1999, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812217247

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Parades and the Politics of the Street: Festive Culture in the Early American Republic 1997, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

ISBN-13: 9780812233995

Hardcover