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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Pageants in Yorkshire before the First World War -- 3. A National Church Tells its Story: The English Church Pageant of 1909 -- 4. The Pomp of Obliteration: G.K. Chesterton and the Edwardian Pageant Revival -- 5. Historical Pageants, Citizenship and the Performance of Women's History before Second-Wave Feminism -- 6. Nobility, Duty and Courage: Propaganda and Inspiration in Interwar Women's and Girls' Pageants |
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7. Historical Pageants, Neo-Romanticism and the City in Interwar Britain -- 8. 'A Chorus of Greek Poignancy': Communism, Class and Pageantry in Interwar South Wales -- 9. The 'Quite Ordinary Man' at the Pageant: History, Community and Local Identity in the 1951 Festival of Britain -- 10. 'The Scots' Pageant': The Arbroath Abbey Pageants 1947-2005 -- 11. After the Show is Over ... Souvenirs and Mementos: The Material Culture of Historical Pageants -- 12. 'The Story of Us'? Kynren and the Uses of the Past -- 13. Afterword -- Index |
| Summary |
Restaging the Past is the first edited collection devoted to the study of pageants in Britain, ranging from its Edwardian origins to the present day. The volume highlights pageants as a key aspect of community history during a period of great social and political change. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pageants -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Pageants. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Bartie, Angela, editor.
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Fleming, Linda, editor.
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Freeman, Mark, 1974- editor.
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Hutton, Alexander, editor.
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Readman, Paul, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1787354067 9781787354067 (OCoLC)1140780191 |
| ISBN |
9781787354081 (electronic book) |
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1787354083 (electronic book) |
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9781787354050 (electronic book) |
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1787354059 (electronic book) |
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1787354067 |
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9781787354067 |
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1787354075 |
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9781787354074 |
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