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In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes : The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 /
David Waldstreicher's In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes probes the practices of nationalism in a country made up of inherent and evolving divisions. His question is simple: How did national celebrations work as political strategy and as unifying event? Pursuing this inquiry, Waldstreicher offers...
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Chapel Hill :
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press,
1997.
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Table des matières:
- Introduction: The practices of nationalism
- Revolution, nation, state. The revolutionary politics of celebration
- The constitution of federal feeling
- National characters
- Election, sections, and races. The celebration of politics. Regionalism, nationalism, and the geopolitics of celebration. Mixed feelings : race and nation. Epilogue: "You May Rejoice, I Must Mourn."