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Record Nr.

UNISA996247917803316

Autore

Ryan Mary P.

Titolo

Civic Wars : Democracy and Public Life in the American City during the Nineteenth Century / / Mary P. Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

0-520-92208-5

0-585-04107-5

Edizione

[Reprint 2019]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.) : 44 illustrations

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Political participation - History - 19th century - United States

Political culture - History - 19th century - United States

Democracy - History - 19th century - United States

City and town life - History - 19th century - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: From Public Realm to Civic Warfare -- CHAPTER 1. People's Places -- CHAPTER 2. The Performance of People in Association -- CHAPTER 3. Public Meetings and the "Principles of Pure Democracy" -- CHAPTER 4. Civil Wars in the Cities -- CHAPTER 5. The ccVague and Vast Harmony" of People in Space -- CHAPTER 6. The People in Ceremony: Multiply, Divide, Explode, Transcend -- CHAPTER 7. Publicity and Democratic Practice -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX