Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday /
Baker, James W.
Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes. - Durham, N.H. : Hanover [N.H.] : University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, c2009. - xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Revisiting New England : the new regionalism . - Revisiting New England. .
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.
9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009012348
Thanksgiving Day--History.
GT4975 / .B33 2009
394.264909
Thanksgiving : the biography of an American holiday / James W. Baker ; foreword by Peter J. Gomes. - Durham, N.H. : Hanover [N.H.] : University of New Hampshire Press ; Published by University Press of New England, c2009. - xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Revisiting New England : the new regionalism . - Revisiting New England. .
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.
9781584658016 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1584658010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009012348
Thanksgiving Day--History.
GT4975 / .B33 2009
394.264909