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Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition
Lucy G. Barber
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Description for Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition
Paperback. Lucy Barber has taken different stories and woven them together so that each builds into a larger narrative about the history of political protest. Num Pages: 353 pages, 33 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
When Jacob Coxey's army marched into Washington, D.C., in 1894, observers didn't know what to make of this concerted effort by citizens to use the capital for national public protest. By 1971, however, when thousands marched to protest the war in Vietnam, what had once been outside the political order had become an American political norm. Lucy G. Barber's lively, erudite history explains just how this tactic achieved its transformation from unacceptable to legitimate. Barber shows how such highly visible events contributed to the development of a broader and more inclusive view of citizenship and transformed the capital from the ... Read more
When Jacob Coxey's army marched into Washington, D.C., in 1894, observers didn't know what to make of this concerted effort by citizens to use the capital for national public protest. By 1971, however, when thousands marched to protest the war in Vietnam, what had once been outside the political order had become an American political norm. Lucy G. Barber's lively, erudite history explains just how this tactic achieved its transformation from unacceptable to legitimate. Barber shows how such highly visible events contributed to the development of a broader and more inclusive view of citizenship and transformed the capital from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Number of Pages
353
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520242159
SKU
V9780520242159
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About Lucy G. Barber
Lucy G. Barber is Director for Technology Initiatives, National Historical Publications and Records Commission, National Archives. She has taught United States history at the University of California, Davis; Rhode Island School of Design; and Brown University.
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