| Description |
viii, 316 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Skimmington in the middle and New England colonies / Steven J. Stewart -- The rise of rough music: reflections on an ancient new custom in eighteenth-century New Jersey / Brendan McConville -- Crowd and court: rough music and popular justice in colonial New York / Thomas J. Humphrey -- Play as prelude to revolution: Boston, 1765-1776 / William Pencak -- Rough music on Independence Day, Philadelphia, 1778 / Susan E. Klepp -- White Indians in Penn's city: the loyal sons of St. Tammany / Roger D. Abrahams -- The eighteenth-century discovery of Columbus: the Columbian tercentenary (1792) and the creation of American national identity / Matthew Dennis -- American women and the French revolution: gender and partisan festive culture in the early Republic / Susan Branson and Simon P. Newman -- African American festive style and the creation of American culture / William D. Piersen -- The paradox of "nationalist" festivals: the case of Palmetto Day in antebellum Charleston / Len Travers. |
| Subject |
Festivals -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Festivals. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Parades -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Parades. |
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Riots -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Riots. |
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Popular music -- United States -- To 1901 -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1901 |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1775 |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775 -- Congresses. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Pencak, William, 1951-2013.
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Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
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Newman, Simon P. (Simon Peter), 1960-
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| ISBN |
027102142X paperback acid-free paper |
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0271021411 cloth alkaline paper |
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0271022191 paperback |
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