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America's favorite holidays : candid histories / Bruce David Forbes.
De Gruyter University of California Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forbes, Bruce David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holidays--United States--History.
- Holidays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 p.)
- Edition:
- [Enhanced Credo edition]
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidays-Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving-came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Deftly distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals often-surprising answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? Appealing and insightful, America's Favorite Holidays satisfies our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the fascinating ways in which religion and culture mix.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction
- Christmas
- Valentine's Day
- Easter
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Afterword
- NOTES
- ILLUSTRATIONS AND CREDITS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785398742
- 1785398741
- 9780520960442
- 0520960440
- OCLC:
- 961281205
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