Parades and the Politics of the Street : Festive Culture in the Early American Republic [1 ed.] 9780812200478, 9780812217247

Simon P. Newman vividly evokes the celebrations of America's first national holidays in the years between the ratif

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Parades and the Politics of the Street : Festive Culture in the Early American Republic [1 ed.]
9780812200478, 9780812217247

"The world of the Founding Fathers was also a postrevolutionary society, in whose streets people of all social clas

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Arising out of the context of the re-configuration of Europe, new perspectives are applied by the authors of this volume

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The Bank of the United States sparked several rounds of intense debate over the meaning of the Constitution’s Necessary

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After its early introduction into theEnglish colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal i

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Using a unique interdisciplinary, cultural-institutional analysis, Politics of Control is the first comprehensive study

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During the years from 1789 to 1801, the republican political institutions forged by the American Constitution were put t

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The pen was as mighty as the musket during the American Revolution, as poets waged literary war against politicians, jou

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Spanning the first fifty years of the nation's history, Revolutionary Backlash uncovers women's forgotten role

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In this fascinating exploration of citizenship and the politics of culture in contemporary France, Ingram examines two t

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Arising out of the context of the re-configuration of Europe, new perspectives are applied by the authors of this volume

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