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

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	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.
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.
	MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
	Folk music. (OCoLC)fst00929383
	Politics and culture. (OCoLC)fst01069952
	Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Cohen, Ronald D., 1940- Depression folk. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016] 9781469630465 (DLC) 2015039988 (OCoLC)924684096
ISBN	9781469628837 (electronic book)
	146962883X (electronic book)
	9781469628820 (ebook)
	1469628821 (ebook)

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