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Hark! : the biography of Christmas / Paul Kerensa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerensa, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas--History.
- Christmas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Lion Hudson, [2017]
- Summary:
- How did Christmas become today's bulging stocking of goodies?.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- On my first page of Christmas...
- Prologos: In the Bleak Midwinter
- Chapter 1: The First Nowell (4 BC-AD 300)
- Chapter 2: Roman Holiday (753 BC-AD 325)
- Chapter 3: Ho Ho Who? (270-1100)
- Chapter 4: Merrie Olde England (935-1588)
- Chapter 5: Caves and Carols (1181-1610)
- Chapter 6: Cancel Christmas (1517-1800)
- Chapter 7: All is Quiet (1700-1861)
- Chapter 8: The Night Before (1809-1931)
- Chapter 9: God Bless Us, Every One (1827-1901)
- Chapter 10: A Lesson in War (1862-1928)
- Chapter 11: Through the Marvels of Modern Science (1906-2012)
- Chapter 12: Bing to Bublé (1934-PRESENT)
- Wrapping Up: Last Christmas... and Next
- Bibliography
- The Big Christmas Timeline (Abridged)
- A Christmas Quiz!.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7459-8049-X
- OCLC:
- 1055763510
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