{"product_id":"christmas-a-history-9781780763613","title":"Christmas: A History","description":"This book provides an original perspective on the West's most enduring social and cultural institution. The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; and the revival of English music: in short, all the elements making up the modern Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Connelly is Reuters Lecturer in Media and Propaganda History at the University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856707227922,"sku":"9781780763613","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c070b4d1-f3fd-4d52-8ec4-b5cd676432a2.jpg?v=1737510502","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/christmas-a-history-9781780763613","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}