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Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday
- Title
- Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.
- Author
- Baker, James W.
- Publication
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 273 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Revisiting New England : the new regionalism
- Uniform Title
- Revisiting New England.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
- Contents
- A thanksgiving detective story -- New England's Puritan holy days -- The traditional New England Thanksgiving -- The classic New England Thanksgiving dinner -- The nation embraces Thanksgiving, 1780-1880 -- Nineteenth-century holiday imagery in literature and art -- Enter the Pilgrims -- Pilgrims are for kids : Thanksgiving in the progressive classroom -- Imaging the holiday -- Parades, patriotism, and consumption -- Consensus and competition : the postwar Thanksgiving -- New myths for old-- Thanksgiving under siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever.
- Call Number
- IAG 10-3039
- ISBN
- 9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009012348
- OCLC
- YBP 2009012348
- Author
- Baker, James W.
- Title
- Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.
- Imprint
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.
- Series
- Revisiting New England : the new regionalismRevisiting New England.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IAG 10-3039