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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463805203321

Autore

Neely Mark E., Jr.

Titolo

The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era [[electronic resource] /] / Mark E. Neely, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8078-7694-1

1-4696-0490-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era

Disciplina

306.2/0973/09034

Soggetti

Political culture - United States - History - 19th century

Political participation - United States - History - 19th century

Social classes - United States - History - 19th century

Material culture - United States - History - 19th century

Political clubs - United States - History - 19th century

Minstrel shows - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1841-1845

United States Politics and government 1845-1861

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

United States Social conditions To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Household gods : material culture, the home, and the boundaries of engagement with politics -- A new and profitable branch of trade : beyond the boundaries of respectability? -- A secret fund : the Union League, patriotism, and the boundaries of social class -- Minstrelsy, race, and the boundaries of American political culture.

Sommario/riassunto

Did preoccupations with family and work crowd out interest in politics in the nineteenth century, as some have argued? Arguing that social historians have gone too far in concluding that Americans were not deeply engaged in public life, and that political historians have gone too far in asserting that politics informed all of Americans' lives, the author of this book seeks to gauge the importance of politics for



ordinary people in the Civil War era.