Marching on Washington by Lucy G Barber
When Jacob Coxey's army marched into Washington, DC 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 a routine gesture in American political culture. An erudite history of marching on Washington, this text explains how this political tactic began as something unacceptable and gradually became legitimate. The author shows how these highly visible events contributed to the development of a broader and more inclusive view of American citizenship and transformed the capital from the exclusive domain of politicians and officials into a national stage for American citizens to participate directly in national politics.
"Beautifully writtenLucy G. Barber has taken different stories and woven them together so that each story builds into a larger narrative about the history of political protest." - Mary L. Dudziak, author of Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy
Lucy G. Barber is an archivist for the California State Archives in Sacramento. She has taught United States history at the University of California, Davis; Rhode Island School of Design; and Brown University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520227132 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520227131 |
| Title | Marching on Washington |
| Author | Lucy G Barber |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2003-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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