A01=Lucy G. Barber
american history
american political norm
american politics
army
Author_Lucy G. Barber
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citizenship
demonstration
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march on washington
national politics
national public protest
national stage
political protest
politicians
protest
radicals and marches on washington
the march on washington for jobs and freedom
the negro march on washington and its cancellation
the woman suffrage procession and pageant
united states of america
veterans bonus march of 1932
vietnam war
washington dc
Product details
- ISBN 9780520242159
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Apr 2004
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 exclusive domain of politicians and officials into a national stage for Americans to participate directly in national politics.
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.
