American song and struggle from Columbus to World War II : a cultural history / Will Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Will, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--United States--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Folk songs--United States--History and criticism.

Folk songs.

Protest songs--United States--History and criticism.

Protest songs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 511 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Long before anyone ever heard of 'protest music', people in America were singing about their struggles. They sang for justice and fairness, food and shelter, and equality and freedom; they sang to be acknowledged. Sometimes they also sang to oppress. This book uncovers the history of these people and their songs, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of the Second World War, when 'protest music' emerged as an identifiable brand. Cutting across musical genres, Will Kaufman recovers the passionate voices of America itself. We encounter songs of the mainland and the conquered territories of Hawai'i, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines; we hear Indigenous songs, immigrant songs and Klan songs, minstrel songs and symphonies, songs of the heard and the unheard, songs of the celebrated and the anonymous, of the righteous and the despicable. This magisterial book shows that all these songs are woven into the very fabric of American history.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jul 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009086769 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.