Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thanksgiving

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

317068222

Responsibility statement

James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes

Series statement

Revisiting New England : the new regionalism

Sub title

the biography of an American holiday

Table Of 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

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