Description: Boundaries of American Political Culture in the Civil War Era, Paperback by Neely, Mark E., Jr., ISBN 1469625547, ISBN-13 9781469625546, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Boundaries of American Political Culture in the Civil War Era
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Topic: Political Process / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Theater / History & Criticism, United States / 19th Century, Sociology / General, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Performing Arts, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 11.7 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Mark E. Neely Jr.
Book Series: The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
