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

by David Waldstreicher

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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 a series of rich explorations into the dynamics of festivities that celebrated - or mourned - events and characters in the early republic. Using an innovative methodology and a sophisticated show more theoretical framework, Waldstreicher uncovers the processes that generated a profusion of patriotic sentiment. While celebrations like those for the Constitution, the Fourth of July, Washington's birthday, Jefferson's inauguration, and the end of the slave trade enabled nonvoters to participate intimately in the political process, they also provided ways to keep women and blacks in prescribed, noncitizen roles, even as members of both groups began to use celebrations for their own ends. Through a careful analysis of printed materials - newspapers, broadsides, toasts, orations, and ballads, - in relation to nationalist practices, Waldstreicher traces the emergence of an American political culture formed around a desired unity of purpose. show less

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David Waldstreicher is a professor of history at Temple University and the author of Runaway America (Hill and Wang, 2004) and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes.

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DDC/MDS: 973 — History & geography History of North America United States
LCC: E210 .W35 — History of the United States United States The Revolution, 1775-1783
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
POL POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Nationalism & Patriotism

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