The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era
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The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era
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eng
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non fiction
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The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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The Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era
Summary
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, Mark Neely seeks to gauge the importance of politics for ordinary people in the Civil War era.Looking beyond the usual markers of political activity, Neely sifts through the political bric-a-brac of the era--lithographs and engravings of political heroes, campaign buttons, songsters filled with political lyrics, photo albums, newspapers, and political cartoons. In each of four chapters, he examines a different sphere--the home, the workplace, the gentlemen's Union League Club, and the minstrel stage--where political engagement was expressed in material culture. Neely acknowledges that there were boundaries to political life, however. But as his investigation shows, political expression permeated the public and private realms of Civil War America
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adult
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- Political clubs -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861
- Material culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865
- Electronic books
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Minstrel shows -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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- Political clubs -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1861
- Material culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865
- Electronic books
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Minstrel shows -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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