Republic of taste : art, politics, and everyday life in early America /

Exploring the intersection of the early republic's material, visual, literary, and political cultures, Republic of Taste demonstrates how American thinkers upheld the similarities between aesthetics and politics in order to wrestle with questions about power and authority.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Kelly, Catherine E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
Series:Early American studies.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The American Republic of Taste
  • Learning Taste
  • Aesthetic Entrepreneurs
  • Picturing Race
  • Looking Past Loyalism
  • Waxing Political
  • Political Personae; Epilogue. The Nation's Guest in the Republic of Taste.