American folk music and left-wing politics, 1927-1957

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American folk music and left-wing politics, 1927-1957

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Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Language
English
Pages
297

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American folk music and left-wing politics, 1927-1957
2000, Scarecrow Press
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Table of Contents

Politics and folklore
Early Marxism and folklore
The communist search for a proletarian music culture
The growth of communist interest in folklore
Communist encounters with American unions
Communist "folk" culture and the Popular Front
The Almanac Singers: proletarian "folk" culture in microcosm
People's Songs, Inc.: proletarian "folk" culture in microcosm
People's Artists and the decline of the American Communist Party
The folk music legacy of the American communist movement.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-282) and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md
Series
American folk music and musicians series -- no. 4, American folk music and musicians -- no. 4.

Classifications

Library of Congress
ML3918.F65 R48 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 297 p. :
Number of pages
297

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15545311M
ISBN 10
081083684X
LCCN
00023240
OCLC/WorldCat
43540723
Library Thing
5993271
Goodreads
1865781

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