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

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