The Resource Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century, Mary P. Ryan
Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century, Mary P. Ryan
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- Summary
- 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 full of cultural differences and as fractured by social and economic changes as any metropolis today. To investigate how their citizens formed an integral public culture despite their heterogeneity, Mary Ryan, an award-winning scholar of the nineteenth century, began her research for this book. Quite unexpectedly, she found not harmonious communities but nearly incessant civic conflict which, she argues, erupted into full-scale municipal warfare even before the onset of the War between the States. Locating her study in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco, Ryan analyzes these conflicts on spatial, ceremonial, and political planes. The story begins in 1825 with an account of how the residents of antebellum cities created a democratic political culture out of multifarious differences. It quickly turns to the trials, failures, and reversals of the democratic experiment that characterized the 1850s and 1860s. When the Civil War ended in 1865, Ryan demonstrates, the people of these cities recast their differences as bolder division, especially those of race and gender, and sometimes class as well. In the end, Ryan reclaims this tumultuous urban history as the durable crucible of democracy. Through her graceful and powerful narrative of the fate of public life in the last century, she discovers the foundations of America's resilient democratic culture
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 376 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520204416
- Label
- Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century
- Title
- Civic wars
- Title remainder
- democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary P. Ryan
- Subject
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- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 full of cultural differences and as fractured by social and economic changes as any metropolis today. To investigate how their citizens formed an integral public culture despite their heterogeneity, Mary Ryan, an award-winning scholar of the nineteenth century, began her research for this book. Quite unexpectedly, she found not harmonious communities but nearly incessant civic conflict which, she argues, erupted into full-scale municipal warfare even before the onset of the War between the States. Locating her study in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco, Ryan analyzes these conflicts on spatial, ceremonial, and political planes. The story begins in 1825 with an account of how the residents of antebellum cities created a democratic political culture out of multifarious differences. It quickly turns to the trials, failures, and reversals of the democratic experiment that characterized the 1850s and 1860s. When the Civil War ended in 1865, Ryan demonstrates, the people of these cities recast their differences as bolder division, especially those of race and gender, and sometimes class as well. In the end, Ryan reclaims this tumultuous urban history as the durable crucible of democracy. Through her graceful and powerful narrative of the fate of public life in the last century, she discovers the foundations of America's resilient democratic culture
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ryan, Mary P
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Political participation
- Political culture
- Democracy
- City and town life
- United States
- New York (N.Y.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Label
- Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century, Mary P. Ryan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-362) and index
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- volume
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 34822523
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520204416
- Lccn
- 96025630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Civic wars : democracy and public life in the American city during the nineteenth century, Mary P. Ryan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-362) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 34822523
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9780520204416
- Lccn
- 96025630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
Subject
- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Democracy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government
- New Orleans (La.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government -- To 1898
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Political participation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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