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000310303 1001_ $$aAveni, Anthony F.
000310303 24514 $$aThe book of the year :$$ba brief history of our seasonal holidays /$$cAnthony F. Aveni.
000310303 260__ $$aOxford :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2004.
000310303 300__ $$axiv, 192 p. :$$bill. ;$$c21 cm.
000310303 500__ $$aOriginally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
000310303 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000310303 5050_ $$aCreating, organizing, and transforming the holidays -- Happy New Year! But why now? -- February's holidays : prediction, purification, and passionate pursuit -- Spring Equinox : watching the serpent descend -- The Easter/Passover season : connecting time's broken circle -- May Day : a collision of forces -- Summer's Solstice : feasts of fire, water, and feminine affairs of the heart -- Labor Day : remembering the great time wars -- Halloween : dead time -- Thanksgiving : transcending Pilgrims' progress -- Christmas : from resurrection to Rudolph -- "What goes around..."
000310303 650_0 $$aHolidays$$xHistory.
000310303 650_0 $$aRites and ceremonies.
000310303 650_0 $$aArchaeoastronomy.
000310303 650_0 $$aBiological rhythms.
000310303 650_0 $$aChronobiology.
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