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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469628837
  • 9781469628820
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML3917 .D477 2016
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Contents:
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 bibliographies 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.

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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