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This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for
the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American
Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the
colonies during this pivotal point in history.
David Grimsted's "Melodrama Unveiled" explores early American drama
to try to understand why such severely limited plays were so
popular for so long. Concerned with both the plays and the dramatic
settings that gave them life, Grimsted offers us rich descriptions
of the interaction of performers, audiences, critics, managers, and
stage mechanics. Because these plays had to appeal immediately and
directly to diverse audiences, they provide dramatic clues to the
least common denominator of social values and concerns. In
considering both the context and content of popular culture,
Grimsted's book suggests how theater reflected the rapidly changing
society of antebellum America.
American Mobbing, 1828-1861: Toward Civil War is a comprehensive
history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum
America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery
provoked riots in both the North and the South, the riots produced
two different reactions from authorities. In the South, riots
against suspected abolitionists and slave insurrectionists were
widely tolerated as a means of quelling anti-slavery sentiment. In
the North, both pro-slavery riots attacking abolitionists and
anti-slavery riots in support of fugitive slaves provoked reluctant
but often effective riot suppression. Hundreds died in riots in
both regions, but in the North, most deaths were caused by
authorities, while in the South more than 90 percent of deaths were
caused by the mobs themselves.
These two divergent systems of violence led to two distinct public
responses. In the South, widespread rioting quelled public and
private questioning of slavery; in the North, the milder, more
controlled riots generally encouraged sympathy for the anti-slavery
movement. Grimsted demonstrates that in these two distinct
reactions to mob violence, we can see major origins of the social
split that infiltrated politics and political rioting and that
ultimately led to the Civil War.
American Mobbing, 1828-1861 is a comprehensive history of mob violence in antebellum America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery provoked riots in both the North and the South, the riots produced two different reactions. In the South anti-slavery rioting was widely tolerated and effectively encouraged Southern support for slavery. In the North, both pro-slavery and anti-slavery riots were put down, often violently, by the authorities, resulting usually in a public reaction against slavery. Grimsted thus demonstrates that mob violence was a major cause of the social split that led to the Civil War.
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