Sunday
Subtitle: a history of the first day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl
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; History
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 and index.
Table of contents: title: A word before; title: Prologue: Sunday ascendant; title: Sunday middle aged; title: Sunday reformed; title: Sunday à la mode; title: Sunday obscured; title: Sunday still; title: Sunday all mixed up; title: A word after.