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Depression Folk Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America / Ronald D. Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Ronald D., 1940-2022, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Politics and culture.
- Popular music--United States--1931-1940--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Folk music--United States--History and criticism.
- Folk music.
- Folk music--Political aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labour and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light on the cultural history of folk music in America, detailing the musicians, government agencies, and record companies that had a lasting impact.
- Contents:
- On the trail of folk songs
- Depression's beginnings and labor songs
- The early Roosevelt years
- Heart of the depression
- 1937-1938: Woody Guthrie emerges
- 1938-1939: the New Deal survives
- Decade ends.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908493-4-2
- 979-88-908493-5-9
- 1-4696-2882-1
- 1-4696-2883-X
- OCLC:
- 957558073
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