Sunday : a history of the first day from Babylonia to the Super Bowl /
The mere mention of "Sunday" will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for most anyone of any age. Whatever we think of-be it attending church, reading a bulky newspaper, eating brunch, or watching football-Sunday occupies a unique place in Western civiliz...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Yale University Press,
2011, ©2007.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- A word before (Super Bowl Sunday, recently)
- Sunday ascendant: origins to AD 800
- Sunday middle-aged: an English village in 1300
- Sunday reformed: a Dutch town in 1624
- Sunday a la mode: Paris in the 1890s, in mid-spring
- Sunday obscured: Belgium, August 2, 1914
- Sunday still: England between the wars
- Sunday all mixed up: The United States in the 1950s
- A word after: Asse, Belgium, the Annual Kiwanis Barbecue.