Work and Sing: A History of Occupational and Labor Union Songs in the United States - Softcover

Cohen, Ronald D.

 
9780974412481: Work and Sing: A History of Occupational and Labor Union Songs in the United States
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0974412481 ISBN 13: 9780974412481
Verlag: Combined Academic Publ., 2010

Inhaltsangabe

In this wide-ranging and accessible survey of American labor songs, Ronald D. Cohen chronicles the history behind the work songs of cowboys, sailors, hoboes, and others, as well as the singing culture of groups ranging from the Industrial Workers of the World to Pete Seeger's "People's Songs." He discusses protest songs, the links between labor songs and the Left, the importance of labor song leaders such as Joe Glazer, labor musicals and songsters, and the folk music movement from Lead Belly and the Almanac Singers through Woody Guthrie.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ronald D. Cohen is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Northwest and the author of many books on radical history and folk music.

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Verlag
Combined Academic Publ.
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0974412481
ISBN 13 
9780974412481
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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