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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCrossen, Alexis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Temas:
1800-1999
Sunday > History of doctrines > 19th century.
Weekly rest-day > United States > History > 19th century.
Rest > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 19th century.
Sunday > History of doctrines > 20th century.
Weekly rest-day > United States > History > 20th century.
Rest > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 20th century.
Dimanche > Histoire des doctrines > 19e siècle.
Repos hebdomadaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Repos > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 19e siècle.
Dimanche > Histoire des doctrines > 20e siècle.
Repos hebdomadaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Repos > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 20e siècle.
RELIGION > Holidays > Christian.
Rest > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Sunday > History of doctrines.
Weekly rest-day.
Zondagsrust.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Method of Reckoning Time
  • 1. What Is a Day of Rest?
  • 2. A Sermon, Three Hundred Miles Long
  • 3. Far from Civilized Country
  • 4. The Sabbath for Man
  • 5. Opening Up Sunday
  • 6. The Sunday Drive
  • 7. Putting the Dollar Mark on It
  • 8. Daddy's Day with Baby
  • 9. What Is Rest?
  • Epilogue: Crazy Sunday
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography of Primary Sources
  • Index

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