Holiday seasons : Christmas, New Year and Easter in nineteenth-century New Zealand / Alison Clarke.
Holiday seasons : Christmas, New Year and Easter in nineteenth-century New Zealand / Alison Clarke.
Holiday seasons : Christmas, New Year and Easter in nineteenth-century New Zealand / Alison Clarke.
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Publisher
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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Q394.26993/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 189 p. : ill. ; 20x21 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Seasonal Celebrations and the Making of New Zealand Culture -- 1. Christmas -- 2. New Year -- 3. Easter -- Conclusion: The Evolution of the New Zealand Holiday.
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Publisher
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2007.
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
"In this book Alison Clarke shows how colonial settlers from the northern hemisphere adapted the age-old festivals of Christmas, New Year and Easter to a new world of upside-down seasons, unfamiliar vegetation and cultural diversity. They decorated their homes with pohutukawa at Christmas and ate green peas and new potatoes, they went to the races...
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Holiday seasons : Christmas, New Year and Easter in nineteenth-century New Zealand / Alison Clarke.
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AUP studies in cultural and social history, 1176-9882 ; 4.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-185) and index.
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Q394.26993/1
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74VKO0JX4lp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO0JX4lp3
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ISBN
9781869403829 (pbk.)
DDC
394.26993
MMS ID
991022628019702626
