Depression folk : grassroots music and left-wing politics in 1930s America / Ronald D. Cohen.

By:

Cohen, Ronald D, 1940- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469628837
146962883X
9781469628820
1469628821

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Depression folk.DDC classification:

781.62/13009043 23

LOC classification:

ML3917.U6 C63 2916eb

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Contents:

On the trail of folk songs -- Depression's beginnings and labor songs -- The early Roosevelt years -- Heart of the depression -- The New Deal survives -- Decade ends.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the trail of folk songs -- Depression's beginnings and labor songs -- The early Roosevelt years -- Heart of the depression -- The New Deal survives -- Decade ends.

Print version record.

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.

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