Christmas in nineteenth-century England
By: Neil Armstrong
Series: Studies in popular culture; Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
Publisher: Manchester University Press; distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780719077593
Subjects: Christmas in popular culture; Christmas shopping; Christmas; History
Description: Examines both the experience and representation of Christmas during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, exploring the origins of our notions of the traditional nature of Christmas and demonstrates how they were shaped by English modernity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-191) and index.
Table of contents: title: The print iconography of Christmas; title: Family and childhood; title: Work and leisure; title: Philanthropy; title: Christmas entertainments; title: Christmas shopping and advertising.