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Thanksgiving [electronic resource] : The Biography of an American Holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, James W.
- Series:
- Revisiting New England.
- Revisiting New England : the new regionalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thanksgiving Day--History.
- Thanksgiving Day.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The origins and ever-changing story of America's favorite holiday
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-87502-0
- 1-58465-874-6
- OCLC:
- 704517343
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