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Christmas by Mark Connelly

Christmas

A History

Mark Connelly

I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd · Print & ebook · November 13, 2012

This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution.

Christmas & AdventSocial HistoryVictorian Britain (1837-1901)
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Who it’s for
Mark Connelly traces the social and cultural themes that shaped the modern Christmas.
Genres
Christmas & Advent, Social History, Victorian Britain (1837-1901)
Published
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, November 13, 2012

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About this book

This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution. The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the 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; the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas.

Modern Christmas

Mark Connelly traces the social and cultural themes that shaped the modern Christmas.

Come here for

  • The Anglo-German origins of modern Christmas
  • The revival of English music

Expect

  • Family virtues and the bourgeois Christmas
  • Merrie England as a touchstone amid rapid expansion

Where it sits

Victorian Britain (1837-1901)55%
Social History51%
Christmas & Advent39%

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Publisher categories

  • Christmas & Advent
Authors
Mark Connelly
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd
Published
November 13, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Christmas & Advent