The Battle for Christmas
In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows hw it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism.
In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows hw it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679740384 (0679740384)
Publish date: October 28th 1997
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
How I ended up between its sheets: When Book Riot asked readers what they were reading for Christmas, it got me thinking. While I normally don’t read anything different than normal during the holiday season, I decided to change that. After a bit of research, I settled on this history of American Chr...
Until the 19th century, Christmas celebrations had more to do with the midwinter pagan celebrations of the Saturn and Bacchus, according to a history of the Christmas celebration by Stephen Nissenbaum. The Christmas portrayed by Dickens of the family gathered together for a day of hard-ea...
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