Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Revisiting New EnglandPublication details: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.Description: xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1584658010 : PAP
  • 9781584658016
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 394.264909 22
LOC classification:
  • GT4975 .B33 2009
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-- Thanksgivingunder siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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-- Thanksgivingunder siege -- Thanksgiving now, then, and forever.

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