Pageants, parades, festivals books

296 books were found.

This is Burning Man

This is Burning Man

Author: Brian Doherty
ISBN: 9780316711548
Format: Hardback
$100.32

"The ""Burning Man"" festival is an annual celebration of the new, held in the Nevada desert, in which as many as...  Read More >>

Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England

Heraldry, Pageantry and Social Display in Medieval England...

Author: Peter Coss ,  Maurice H Keen
ISBN: 9781843830368
Format: Paperback
$64.69

Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction...  Read More >>

Pageantry and Performance: The Household Cavalry in a Celebration of Images

Pageantry and Performance: The Household Cavalry in...

Author: Henry Dallal
ISBN: 9780954408305
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Celebrating Irish Festivals: Calendar of Seasonal Celebrations

Celebrating Irish Festivals: Calendar of Seasonal Celebrations...

Author: Ruth Marshall ,  Judith Evans
ISBN: 9781903458235
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Reaching back to the ancient traditions, the Celtic festivals and to Celtic Christianity, Ruth Marshall shows how...  Read More >>

San Antonio on Parade: Six Historic Festivals

San Antonio on Parade: Six Historic Festivals

Author: Judith Berg Sobre
ISBN: 9781585442225
Format: Hardback
$79.07

In this look at late-19th century festivals in San Antonio, the author brings an art historian's sensibility to...  Read More >>

Court Festivals of the European Renaissance: Art, Politics and Performance

Court Festivals of the European Renaissance: Art, Politics...

Author: J.R. Mulryne (University of Warwick, UK (Emeritus)) ,  Elizabeth Goldring
ISBN: 9780754606284
Format: Hardback
$263.00

Festivals were occasions to which Renaissance European courts devoted lavish resources. They marked all manner of...  Read More >>

Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary

Festivals of Attica: An Archaeological Commentary

Author: Erika Simon
ISBN: 9780299091842
Format: Paperback
$47.39

The festivals of the Athenian sacred calendar constitute a vital key to classical Greek culture and religion. Erika...  Read More >>

Fun Texas Festivals and Events

Fun Texas Festivals and Events

Author: Jim Gramon ,  Bill Erhard
ISBN: 9781556228865
Format: Paperback
$29.95

There is something doing every day in Texas, from the Fireant Festival to the Gatorfest, Watermelon Thump, or Bun...  Read More >>

State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide, 3rd Edition

State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical...

Author: Benjamin F. Shearer ,  Barbara S. Shearer
ISBN: 9780313315343
Format: Hardback
$150.00

A reference to state symbols, names, seals and flags. This third edition contains over 300 information updates and...  Read More >>

Mardi Gras Treasures: Float Designs of the Golden Age

Mardi Gras Treasures: Float Designs of the Golden Age...

Author: Henri Schindler
ISBN: 9781565547230
Format: Hardback
$92.40

The fantastic parade floats of Carnival's Golden Age (1870-1930) depicted themes drawn from mythology, epic literature,...  Read More >>

American Carnival: Seeing and Reading American Culture

American Carnival: Seeing and Reading American Culture...

Author: Philip McGowan
ISBN: 9780313315138
Format: Hardback
$103.00

While other authors have generally focused on European manifestations of the carnival, McGowan identifies and analyzes...  Read More >>

Cyfres Cip ar Gymru / Wonder Wales: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Yr / National Eisteddfod, The

Cyfres Cip ar Gymru / Wonder Wales: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol,...

Author: Rhiain M. Davies
ISBN: 9781843230304
Format: Paperback
$21.09

An inroduction to everything you need to know about the Royal National Eisteddfod. A Welsh competitive festival,...  Read More >>

Cuban Festivals: A Century of Afro-Cuban Cults

Cuban Festivals: A Century of Afro-Cuban Cults

Author: Judith Bettelheim
ISBN: 9781558762442
Format: Paperback
$33.00

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AViva MZxico! AViva la Independencia!: Celebrations of September 16

AViva MZxico! AViva la Independencia!: Celebrations...

Author: William H. Beezley ,  David E. Lorey, director of the Latin American Program, Hewlett Foundation
ISBN: 9780842029155
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given...  Read More >>

AViva MZxico! AViva la Independencia!: Celebrations of September 16

AViva MZxico! AViva la Independencia!: Celebrations...

Author: William H. Beezley ,  David E. Lorey, director of the Latin American Program, Hewlett Foundation
ISBN: 9780842029148
Format: Hardback
$159.95

Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given...  Read More >>

Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age

Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age...

Author: Henri Schindler
ISBN: 9781565547223
Format: Hardback
$92.40

A collection of invitations, dance cards and admit cards from the Golden Age (1870-1930). While the mysterious parades...  Read More >>

Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival

Austria as Theater and Ideology: The Meaning of the...

Author: Michael P. Steinberg
ISBN: 9780801486920
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Austria's renowned Salzburg Festival has from the outset engaged issues of cultural identity in a country that has...  Read More >>

Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop

Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to...

Author: W. T. Lhamon
ISBN: 9780674001930
Format: Paperback
$63.95

Unearthing long-buried plays and songs, rethinking materials often deemed too troubling or lowly to consider, and...  Read More >>

St.Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995

St.Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade,...

Author: Thomas M. Spencer
ISBN: 9780826212672
Format: Hardback
$105.47

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Fair America: World's Fairs in the United States

Fair America: World's Fairs in the United States

Author: Robert W. Rydell (Robert W. Rydell ) ,  John E. Findling
ISBN: 9781560989684
Format: Hardback
$79.07

"Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-19th century, world's fairs have introduced...  Read More >>

Fair America: World'S Fairs in the United States

Fair America: World'S Fairs in the United States

Author: Robert W. Rydell (Robert W. Rydell ) ,  John E. Findling
ISBN: 9781560983842
Format: Paperback
$42.11

"Since their inception with New York's Crystal Palace Exhibition in the mid-19th century, world's fairs have introduced...  Read More >>

Carnival in Rio

Carnival in Rio

Author: Helmut Teissl ,  Helmut Teissl
ISBN: 9780789206428
Format: Hardback
$118.80

This volume provides a photographic celebration of Rio de Janeiro's annual carnival. The book also includes an audio...  Read More >>

Top 50 Festivals in Cajun Country: Festival Directory

Top 50 Festivals in Cajun Country: Festival Directory...

Author: Martin Black
ISBN: 9780925417329
Format: Paperback
$18.35

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