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Introduction: "You can sing what would be death to speak".
"God save the !̲̲̲̲̲": institutionalizing, appropriating, and contesting nationalism through song, 1744-1798.
"The subordination of the different parts and voices": popularizing "America" through grassroots activism, 1826-1850.
"Bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy" in the "dark land of slavery", 1830-1859.
"Teach us true liberty": "America" in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1869.
Reforming the "sweet land of knavery": "America" and political protest, 1870-1932.
Epilogue: "America", "God save the Queen", and postmodernity.
Appendix A: Sixteen versions of "God save the King" and "My country 'tis of thee", organized chronologically, 1744-1891.
Appendix B: List of alternative American versions of "God save the King" and "America", 1759-1900.
"God save the !̲̲̲̲̲": institutionalizing, appropriating, and contesting nationalism through song, 1744-1798.
"The subordination of the different parts and voices": popularizing "America" through grassroots activism, 1826-1850.
"Bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy" in the "dark land of slavery", 1830-1859.
"Teach us true liberty": "America" in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1869.
Reforming the "sweet land of knavery": "America" and political protest, 1870-1932.
Epilogue: "America", "God save the Queen", and postmodernity.
Appendix A: Sixteen versions of "God save the King" and "My country 'tis of thee", organized chronologically, 1744-1891.
Appendix B: List of alternative American versions of "God save the King" and "America", 1759-1900.