In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 by David Waldstreicher

In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820

David Waldstreicher

384 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced

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In this innovative study, David Waldstreicher investigates the importance of political festivals in the early American republic. Drawing on newspapers, broadsides, diaries, and letters, he shows how patriotic celebrations and their reproduction in...

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