| Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic Contributor(s): Travers, Len (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558492038 ISBN-13: 9781558492035 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1999 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - Social Science | Holidays (non Religious) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 394.263 |
| LCCN: 96018431 |
| Age Level: 22-UP |
| Grade Level: 17-UP |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.08" W x 9.23" L (0.98 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Holiday - Independence Day |
| Features: Illustrated |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Public rituals have always held a vital place in American culture. By far the noisiest and most popular of these to emerge in the nation's early years was Independence Day. After a decade of fitful starts, the Fourth of July eclipsed local and regional patriotic observances to become the premier American Jubilee. Celebrating the Fourth provides a history of this holiday and explores its role in shaping a national identity and consciousness in three cities - Boston, Charleston, and Philadelphia - during the first fifty years of the American republic. Independence Day celebrations justified, validated, and helped maintain nationalism among people unused to offering political allegiance beyond their own state borders. As the observances became increasingly popular and symbolically important, political partisans competed hotly for the right to control the meaning of the festivals. |
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