Depression folk : grassroots music and left-wing politics in 1930s America /

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Author / Creator:	Cohen, Ronald D., 1940- author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Folk music -- Political aspects -- United States. Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism. Popular music -- United States -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism. Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Folk music. Politics and culture. Popular music. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11306333

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ISBN:	9781469628837 146962883X 9781469628820 1469628821 9781469630465 146963046X 9781469628813 1469628813 1469628821
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Cohen, Ronald D., 1940- Depression folk. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016] 9781469630465

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