This is a study of the themes which have contributed to the modern Christmas as an icon of cultural and social history. Among those themes are its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the liberal values at the heart of Anglo-American political,cultural and social life; the need for a touchstone with the past in a age of rapid expansion,and thus the myth of Merrie England; the link with imperial expansion and the position of the mother country; the revival of English music - perhaps the greatest age of church music and carols since the 14th century; printing and publishing and the increase in literacy; shopping and consumerism; and broadcasting.
MEDIA REVIEWS
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd.ISBN: 9781860644467Number of pages: 256Weight: 454 gDimensions: 234 x 156 x 27 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
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