Format:
XXII, 193 S.
,
Ill.
ISBN:
9780875806921
Series Statement:
Early American places
Note:
Introduction: "Freedom's jubilee": commemorations of the 1826 semicentennial -- "The sabbath of liberty": morally reforming the Fourth of July, 1827-1849 -- "Americans ruling America": Independence Day nativism, 1850-1856 -- "We shall still celebrate, but not as of old": Independence Day and the Civil War, 1857-1865 -- "The fourth celebrates itself": recreation, historical memory, and the commodification of Independence Day, 1866-1875 -- "The end of a century": celebrating the centennial, 1876 -- Epilogue
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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