Celebrating Ethnicity and Nation

American Festive Culture from the Revolution to the Early 20th Century

AvJürgen Heideking,Geneviève Fabre

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

Del i serien European Studies in American History

568 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Beskrivning

Arising out of the context of the re-configuration of Europe, new perspectives are applied by the authors of this volume to the process of nation-building in the United States. By focusing on a variety of public celebrations and festivities from the Revolution to the early twentieth century, the formative period of American national identity, the authors reveal the complex interrelationships between collective identities on the local, regional, and national level which, over time, shaped the peculiar character of American nationalism.This volume combines vivid descriptions of various public celebrations with a sophisticated methodological and theoretical approach.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-01-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies in American History
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:Berghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN:9781571812438

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Jürgen Heideking was Professor for Modern and Anglo-American History at the Institute of Anglo-American History, University of Cologne.

Recensioner i media

"What makes for such rich and rewarding reading here is that these interdisciplinary essays, generally of high quality, take what might othrwise be a narrowly focused collection ... and yield broad theoretical insights and implications." · The Journal of American History"... a broad sweep with fine references, notes and a book-wise index worth a high acquisition cost." · Society for German-American Studies Newsletter

Innehållsförteckning

Editors' PrefaceIntroductionGeneviève Fabre and Jürgen HeidekingChapter 1. Celebrating the Constitution: The Federal Processions of 1788 and the Emergence of a Republican Festive Culture in the United StatesJürgen HeidekingChapter 2. The Nation as a Spectacle: The Grand Federal Procession in Philadelphia, 1788Dietmar SchlossChapter 3. Revolutionary Festivals and Political Violence: The Impact of the French Revolution in AmericaMarie-Jeanne RossignolChapter 4. From Celebrating Victory to Celebrating the Nation: The War of 1812 and American National IdentityMichael WalaChapter 5. Performing Freedom: Negro Election Celebrations as Political and Intellectual Resistance in New England, 1740-1850Geneviève FabreChapter 6. Italian Americans and Columbus Day: A Quest for Consensus between National and Group Identities, 1840-1910Bénédicte DeschampsChapter 7. "... to divide their love": Celebrating Frenchness and Americanization in San Francisco, 1850-1909Annick FoucrierChapter 8. Charity on Parade: Chicago's Jews and the Construction of Ethnic and Civic "Gemeinschaft in the 1860sTobias BrinkmannChapter 9. Demonstrating the Values of 'Gemütlichkeit' and 'Cultur': The Festivals of German Americans in Milwaukee, 1870-1910Heike BungertChapter 10. Halloween - A Re-invented Holiday: Celebrating White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Middle-Class AmericaAdrien LhermChapter 11. Climate, Identity and Winter Carnivals in North AmericaBernard MergenChapter 12. Creating and Instrumentalizing Nationalism: The Celebration of National Reunion in the Peace Jubilees of 1898Fabian HilfrichChapter 13. Historical Bonding with an Expiring Heritage: Revisiting the Plymouth Tercentenary Festivities of 1920-21Udo HebelList of ContributorsIndex