Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century / Mary P. Ryan.

The near extinction of civic life in American cities has been proclaimed for many years. Today, multiculturalism and political correctness are deemed the villains. Yet in the nineteenth century, at the apex of public processions, ceremonies, and civic celebrations, American cities were arguably as f...

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Main Author: Ryan, Mary P.
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Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
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505 0 |a Introduction: From Public Realm to Civic Warfare -- pt. 1. Heterogeneous Compounds and Kaleidoscopic Varieties: Creating a Democratic Public, 1825-1849. Ch. 1. People's Places. Ch. 2. The Performance of People in Association. Ch. 3. Public Meetings and the "Principles of Pure Democracy" -- pt. 2. The Interregnum, 1850-1865. Ch. 4. Civil Wars in the Cities -- pt. 3. "The Huge Conglomerate Mass": Democracy Contained and Continued, 1866-1880. Ch. 5. The "Vague and Vast Harmony" of People in Space. Ch. 6. The People in Ceremony: Multiply, Divide, Explode, Transcend. Ch. 7. Publicity and Democratic Practice. 
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