Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days
Greenwood Press
978-0-313-33130-5 (ISBN)
Presented chronologically, a range of holidays are examined. Some were once widely observed but have faded over time, some are currently widely accepted and celebrated, and some are emerging and gaining in popularity. Covered holidays include:
Every entry is signed, and concludes with suggested further readings. Sidebars offer brief overviews of many holidays, such as Presidents' Day, whose history is relatively straightforward. The Introduction provides an overview of the history of holidays in America, their uses and controversies. Illustrations, a robust bibliography, and a comprehensive index complete the work.
Len Travers is associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He is the author of Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic (1997) and The Paradox of 'Nationalist' Festivals: The Case of Palmetto Day in Antebellum Charleston, in William Pencak, et al, eds., Riot and Revelry in Early America.
Introduction
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday by Claybrooke Carson
Holidays for Heroes of the Lost Cause: Lee, Jackson, and Davis by Karen L. Cox
Super Bowl Sunday: An American Holiday? by Mark S. Dyreson and Peter Hopsicker
Mardi Gras and Carnival by Samuel Kinser
St. Patrick's Day by Mike Cronin and Daryl Adair
Passover in America by Erika Meitner
Easter by Bruce T. Morrill
VE and VJ Day by J. Stanley Lemons
Earth Day by J. Brooks Flippen
May Day in Urban America by Donna T. Haevrty-Stacke
Cinco de Mayo and 16th of September by Louis M. Holscher
Mother's Day by Kathleen W. Jones
Memorial Day by Matthew Dennis
Powwow by William K. Powers
Gay Pride Day by Timothy Stewart-Winter
Independence Day by Matthew Dennis
"Agitate, Educate, Organize:" Labor Day in America by Ellen M. Litwicki
American Indian Day by Nicolas G. Rosenthal
Arbor Day by Shaul Cohen
Columbus Day: The Navigation of Uncharted Waters by Claudia L. Bushman
Halloween by Jack Santino
Pope's Day/Guy Fawkes' Day by Brendan McConville
Veterans Day by G. Kurt Piehler
Thanksgiving by James W. Baker
Hanukkah in America by Dianne Ashton
Forefathers Day by James W. Baker
Christmas by Penne Restad
Kwanzaa by Keith A. Mayes
Sidebars
Bibliography
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.4.2006 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 1701 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-313-33130-8 / 0313331308 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-33130-5 / 9780313331305 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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