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

"The world of the Founding Fathers was also a postrevolutionary society, in whose streets people of all social classes jostled in festivals and parades that expressed a vibrant popular politics. Simon Newman's book is as lively as the tumultuous political culture he has mapped."--Lind...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 1999.
Series:Early American studies.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • 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. Songs, Signs, and Symbols: The Everyday Discourse of Popular Politics
  • 6. Conclusion: The Regularization of Popular Political Culture
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • J
  • K
  • L.
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y.