Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to The Paperback Edition vii
4. A Word Before: Super Bowl Sunday, Recently ix
5. 1. Sunday Ascendant: Origins to AD 800 1
6. 2. Sunday Middle-Aged: A English Village in 1300, in June, When the Sun Was Soft* 26
7. 3. Sunday Reformed: A Dutch Town in 1624, in Winter, When the Sun Was Low 67
8. 4. Sunday À La Mode: Paris in the 1890s, in Mid-Spring 103
9. 5. Sunday Obscured: Belgium, August 2, 1914 164
10. 6. Sunday Still: England Between Wars 215
11. 7. Sunday All Mixed Up: The United States in the 1950s 278
12. A Word After: Asse, Belgium, the Annual Kiwanis Barbecue 369
13. Bibliographical Notes 383
14. Acknowledgments 437
15. Index 441