Thanksgiving Day: A Story of Globalization, Cross-cultural Influences, and Unity

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Image Credit: "Freedom from Want" - The Saturday Evening Post Cover of March 6, 1943, by Norman Rockwell – US National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain © 2024 Farok J. Contractor, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers Business School As Americans sit down to their Thanksgiving Day repasts each year, they are taught to recall the story … Continue reading Thanksgiving Day: A Story of Globalization, Cross-cultural Influences, and Unity

The Globalization of Thanksgiving Day

Posted on by Farok J. Contractor

© 2018 Prof. Farok J. Contractor, Rutgers University See the updated post, Thanksgiving Day: A Story of Globalization, Cross-cultural Influences, and Unity  A cause for celebration: The 17th-century English settlers survived starvation and death thanks to the help of Native American “Indians,” who taught them how to plant native crops and where to hunt and … Continue reading The Globalization of Thanksgiving Day