Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic

by Len Travers

Book Overview

Public rituals have always held a vital place in American culture. By far the noisiest and most popular of these to emerge in the nation's early years was Independence Day. After a decade of fitful starts, the Fourth of July eclipsed local and regional patriotic observances to become the premier "American Jubilee." Celebrating the Fourth provides a history of this holiday and explores its role in shaping a national identity and consciousness in three...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558492038
• ISBN13: 9781558492035
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"