Holy Day, Holiday by McCrossen, Alexis

Holy Day, Holiday

The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem...
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Author: Alexis McCrossen
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Holy Day, Holiday by McCrossen, Alexis

Holy Day, Holiday

BD$87.32

Holy Day, Holiday

BD$87.32
Author: Alexis McCrossen
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem almost comical today in an era of seven-day convenience and twenty-four-hour shopping. But the issue of the meaning of Sunday is one that has historically given rise to a wide range of strong emotions and pitted a surprising variety of social, religious, and class interests against one another. Whether observed as a day for rest, or time-and-a-half, Sunday has always been a day apart in the American week.Supplementing wide-ranging historical research with the reflections and experiences of ordinary individuals, Alexis McCrossen traces conflicts over the meaning of Sunday that have shaped the day in the United States since 1800. She investigates cultural phenomena such as blue laws and the Sunday newspaper, alongside representations of Sunday in the popular arts. Holy Day, Holiday attends to the history of religion, as well as the histories of labor, leisure, and domesticity.



Author: Alexis McCrossen
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 12/11/2001
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780801487873

About the Author

Alexis McCrossen is Assistant Professor in the Clements Department of History at Southern Methodist University.


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