ISBN:
9781501723704
,
1501723707
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 338 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dennis, Matthew, 1955- Red, white, and blue letter days
DDC:
394.26973
Keywords:
Holidays History
;
United States
;
Memory Social aspects
;
United States
;
Fêtes nationales Histoire
;
États-Unis
;
Jours fériés Histoire
;
États-Unis
;
Mémoire collective États-Unis
;
Américains
;
National characteristics, American
;
Holidays History
;
Memory Social aspects
;
Holidays
;
Memory ; Social aspects
;
National characteristics, American
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Feiertag
;
Gedenken
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory
;
Historiography
;
History
;
United States Historiography
;
États-Unis Historiographie
;
United States
;
USA
;
History
;
United States Historiography
;
United States
;
USA
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction. Identity, history, and the American calendar -- 1. Political fireworks: American Independence Day, 1776-2000 -- 2. Haven in a heartless calendar: America's Thanksgiving, 1621-2000 -- 3. Reinventing America: Columbus Day and centenary celebrations of his voyage of "discovery," 1792-1992 -- 4. Washington, Lincoln, and the unheroic Presidents' Day -- 5. St. Monday: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the celebration of leisure -- 6. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday: inventing an American tradition -- Epilogue. The future of the past.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Permalink