Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes.
By: Baker, James W
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TextSeries: Revisiting New England: Publisher: Durham, N.H. : Hanover [N.H.] : University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, c2009Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.Description: xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Thanksgiving Day -- History | Thanksgiving DayDDC classification: 394.264909 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 394.264909 B174 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003707783 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-266) and index.
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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