Sunday
Subtitle: a history in seven
By: Craig Harline.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780385510394
Subjects: Sunday; Days; United States -- Social life and customs
Description: Traces the significance of Sunday from ancient times to present-day America, looking at the religious and secular rituals that have defined the day over the centuries, from early Christian celebrations of the liturgy, to the end of "blue laws" during the1950s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A word before; title: Prologue: Sunday ascendent; title: Sunday middle aged; title: Sunday reformed; title: Sunday la mode; title: Sunday obscured; title: Sunday still; title: Sunday all mixed up; title: A word after.