[FREE] The Modern Christmas in America: A Cultural History of Gift-Giving (American Social Experience Series)
❀ William B. Waits ❀
| #6690798 in Books | 1992-12-01 | Format: Illustrated | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x6.25 x1.25l, | File Name: 0814792510 | 267 pages
||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| The Sociology Behind Christmas|By L. M Young|This is a different sort of Christmas book for me, as it is a sociological textbook, albeit one that starts with an amusing piece by Corey Ford. Where most critics of the 20th and now 21st century Christmas blame its excesses on "commercialization," Mr Waits (and what an appropriate name for a man who is comparing the old Christmas|||"Amply illustrated, this volume offers us a look at Christmas Past and a chance to understand why Christmas Present is the way it is."-Wilson Library Bulletin|About the Author||William B. Waits brings an in
Christmas was a relatively modest occasion in the English-speaking world, celebrated by the exchange of modest handmade gifts, until the Victorians invested the holiday with immense significance as part of a larger effort to celebrate home, family and a mythic past of well-ordered communities. By the late 19th century, Christmas had become a major American festival. Today, it is a multi-billion dollar industry and easily the most important seasonal event of the year. In...
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