The Book Depository Christmas by Mark Connelly
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Description: Christmas : Paperback : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC : 9781780763613 : 1780763611 : 30 Nov 2012 : Covers various themes that contribute to modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; and the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas. The Book Depository Christmas by Mark Connelly - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781780763613
MPN: 1780763611
GTIN: 9781780763613
Author: Y. Yordanov
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Rating: 3
Review: This is a meticulously researched and interesting book. Well written and thought provoking. Of particular interest is the chapter on the ideology of Christmas within the British Empire during that period. My one quibble is that the title of the book is a little misleading. This is not an inclusive history of the Christmas festival through the ages. The book concentrates on the Victorian, Edwardian and 20th century periods (largely up to around 1950). The author discusses attitudes to the perceptions of 'Christmas past' held in those era's mentioned above but doesn't detail what the actual festivities were in 17th, 16th centuries or the medieval period. It you are looking to read up on the practices and social impact of an English Christmas since the mid 19th century this is a valuable resourse but be aware that it doesn't cover earlier periods.
