San Antonio on parade
Subtitle: six historic festivals
By: Judith Berg Sobré.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Tarleton State University southwestern studies in the humanities ;; no. 15
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Festivals -- Texas -- San Antonio -- History.; San Antonio (Tex.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Cities, like people, may be best known by the way they party. For nearly a century-and-a-half, San Antonio has celebrated well. In this fascinating look at late-ninteenth-century festivals in San Antonio, Judith Berg Sobre brings an art historian's sensibility to accounts of the pageantry, parades, and festive events that typified a city welcoming settlers from several nations and American regions into a community that valued their individuality even while it taught them a new identity.".

"Sobre traces the evolution of the individual celebrations to show how they reflected the growth and maturing of the city and how ultimately they changed as American identity became less inclusive and more chauvinistic. She draws on contemporary writings, especially newspaper accounts, and pictures to form impressions and inform understandings of the conduct and function of civic celebrations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Two parades in San Antonio, 1870 and 1898; title: Marching, watching, and celebrating : how the city grew; title: Fourth of July : "Grand display of patriotism!"; title: Juneteenth : "They are what they deserve to be, free"; title: Diez y seis : "How the sons of Mexico and America enjoy liberty"; title: Columbus Day : "San Antonio joins in the great American festivities"; title: Volksfests : "Germania and Columbia"; title: Battle of Flowers Parade : "fun with fair flora"; title: Spring carnival, 1900 : "In charge of the Businessmen's Club"; title: San Antonio on parade.