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

By:

Baker, James W

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Revisiting New EnglandPublication details: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : Published by University Press of New England, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781584658740
1584658746

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thanksgiving.DDC classification:

394.264909 22

LOC classification:

GT4975 .B33 2009eb

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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.

Summary: The origins and ever-changing story of America's favorite holiday.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

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The origins and ever-changing story of America's favorite holiday.

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