America's favorite holidays : candid histories / / Bruce David Forbes
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| Autore: |
Forbes Bruce David
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| Titolo: |
America's favorite holidays : candid histories / / Bruce David Forbes
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| Pubblicazione: | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Edizione: | [Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 394.26973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Holidays - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Christmas -- Valentine's Day -- Easter -- Halloween -- Thanksgiving -- Afterword -- NOTES -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND CREDITS -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | America's favorite holidays |
| ISBN: | 1-78539-874-1 |
| 0-520-96044-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910461707303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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