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Red, white, and blue letter days : an American calendar
- Title
- Red, white, and blue letter days : an American calendar / Matthew Dennis.
- Author
- Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
- Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2002.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG IDS 02-5656 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 338 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-325) and index.
- Contents
- Identity, history, and the American calendar -- Political fireworks : American Independence Day, 1776-2000 -- Haven in a heartless calendar : America's Thanksgiving, 1621-2000 -- Reinventing America : Columbus Day and centenary celebrations of his voyage of "discovery," 1792-1992 -- Washington, Lincoln, and the unheroic Presidents' Day -- St. Monday : Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the celebration of leisure -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday : inventing an American tradition -- The future of the past.
- Call Number
- IDS 02-5656
- ISBN
- 0801436478 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001006501
- OCLC
- 49552445
- Author
- Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
- Title
- Red, white, and blue letter days : an American calendar / Matthew Dennis.
- Imprint
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-325) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IDS 02-5656