| Description |
xiv, 192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-181) and index. |
| Contents |
Creating, organizing, and transforming the holidays -- Happy New Year! But why now? -- February's holidays : prediction, purification, and passionate pursuit -- Spring Equinox : watching the serpent descend -- The Easter/Passover season : connecting time's broken circle -- May Day : a collision of forces -- Summer's Solstice : feasts of fire, water, and feminine affairs of the heart -- Labor Day : remembering the great time wars -- Halloween : dead time -- Thanksgiving : transcending Pilgrims' progress -- Christmas : from resurrection to Rudolph -- "What goes around..." |
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Holidays -- History.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Archaeoastronomy.
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Biological rhythms.
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Chronobiology.
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| ISBN |
0195150244 (acid-free paper) |
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