Riot and revelry in early America / edited by William Pencak, Matthew Dennis, Simon P. Newman.

Other author Pencak, William, 1951-2013.
Other author Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Other author Newman, Simon P. (Simon Peter), 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2002.
Descriptionviii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2001036462
ISBN0271021411 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0271022191 (pbk.)
ISBN027102142X (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GT4803 .C76 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold