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Author : Sally Osborne Norton
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Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Historical Study of Actor Will Geer written by Sally Osborne Norton and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard A. Reuss
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810836846
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (368 download)
Download or read book American Folk Music and Left-wing Politics, 1927-1957 written by Richard A. Reuss and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1930s and 1940s represented an era in United States history when large groups of citizens took political action in response to their social and economic circumstances. The vision, attitudes, beliefs and purposes of participants before, during, and after this time period played an important part of American cultural history. Richard and JoAnne Reuss expertly capture the personality of this era and the fascinating chronology of events in American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957, a historical analysis of singers, writers, union members and organizers and their connection to left-wing politics and folk music during this revolutionary time period. While scholarship on folk music, history, and politics is not unique in and of itself, Reuss' approach is noteworthy for its folklorist perspective and its long, encompassing assessment of a broad cross-section of participants and their interactions. An innovative and informative look into one of the most evocative and challenging eras in American history, American Folk Music and Left-Wing Politics, 1927-1957 stands as a historic milestone in this period's scholarship and evolution.
Author : Kathleen Kennedy
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814209271
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Sexual Borderlands written by Kathleen Kennedy and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Archie Green
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252019630
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes written by Archie Green and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression - stories, songs, customs, beliefs, artifacts - on the job and in institutions such as trade unions. Combining ethnographic description with analysis drawn from folklore, history, literary criticism, art history, linguistics, and philosophy, Green presents ten case studies in which he reflects on single words as social texts ("Wobbly", "fink") and clustered words within anecdotes, tales, and ballads ("John Henry", Homestead's strike songs, job yarns about cuckoldry and sexual impotence, and pile-driving traditions, for example). Drawing on Green's own experience as a shipwright and carpenter, the book will appeal both to workers curious about their history and traditions and to academicians who study the workforce and labor process.
Author : Ed Cray
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393343081
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie written by Ed Cray and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award and the Deems Taylor ASCAP Award for Best Folk, Pop, or Jazz Biography "A beautiful job…In exploring the nuances of Guthrie's work, Cray's exacting style is pitch-perfect." —Los Angeles Times Book Review A patriot and a political radical, Woody Guthrie captured the spirit of his times in his enduring songs. He was marked by the FBI as a subversive. He lived in fear of the fatal fires that stalked his family and of the mental illness that snared his mother. At forty-two, he was cruelly silenced by Huntington’s disease. Ed Cray, the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive, has created a haunting portrait of an American who profoundly influenced Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and American popular music itself.
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Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-10 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John S. Partington
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131702544X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie written by John S. Partington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-67) has had an immense impact on popular culture throughout the world. His folk music brought traditional song from the rural communities of the American southwest to the urban American listener and, through the global influence of American culture, to listeners and musicians alike throughout Europe and the Americas. Similarly, his use of music as a medium of social and political protest has created a new strategy for campaigners in many countries. But Guthrie's music was only one aspect of his multifaceted life. His labour-union activism helped embolden the American working class, and united such distinct groups as the rural poor, the urban proletariat, merchant seamen and military draftees, contributing to the general call for workers' rights during the 1930s and 1940s. As well as penning hundreds of songs (both recorded and unrecorded), Guthrie was also a prolific writer of non-sung prose, writing regularly for the American communist press, producing volumes of autobiographical writings and writing hundreds of letters to family, friends and public figures. Furthermore, beyond music Guthrie also expressed his creative talents through his numerous pen-and-ink sketches, a number of paintings and occasional forays into poetry. This collection provides a rigorous examination of Guthrie's cultural significance and an evaluation of both his contemporary and posthumous impact on American culture and international folk-culture. The volume utilizes the rich resources presented by the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
Author : Ronald D. Cohen
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469628821
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Depression Folk written by Ronald D. Cohen and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor 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 complex cultural history of folk music in America, detailing the musicians, government agencies, and record companies that had a lasting impact during the 1930s and beyond. Covering myriad musical styles and performers, Cohen narrates a singular history that begins in nineteenth-century labor politics and popular music culture, following the rise of unions and Communism to the subsequent Red Scare and increasing power of the Conservative movement in American politics--with American folk and vernacular music centered throughout. Detailing the influence and achievements of such notable musicians as Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy, and Woody Guthrie, Cohen explores the intersections of politics, economics, and race, using the roots of American folk music to explore one of the United States' most troubled times. Becoming entangled with the ascending American left wing, folk music became synonymous with protest and sharing the troubles of real people through song.
Author : Robert Vaughn
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Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Historical Study of the Influence of the House Committee on Un- American Activities on the American Theatre, 1938-1958 written by Robert Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Arthur Garraty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780195127874
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (278 download)
Download or read book American National Biography written by John Arthur Garraty and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald D. Cohen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rainbow Quest written by Ronald D. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reconstructs the history of the folk-music revival in the States, tracing its origins to the early decades of the 20th century. Drawing on scores of interviews and numerous manuscript collections, as well as his own extensive files, Cohen shows how a broad range of traditions - from hillbilly, gospel, blues and sea shanties to cowboy, ethnic and political-protest music - all contributed to the genre known as folk.
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Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Timmons
Publisher : Alyson Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Trouble with Harry Hay written by Stuart Timmons and published by Alyson Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950, Harry Hay founded the Mattachine Society, and thus gave rise to the modern gay movement. Today, lesbian and gay activism is taken for granted. But four decades ago, it required a visionary and courageous spirit to organize gay people. Now, Stuart Timmons has chronicled those tumultuous early years of the homophile movement, and the colorful life of its founder. Here is the story of the man who started it all.
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Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book America, History and Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
Author : Michael Bronski
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807056138
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)
Download or read book A Queer History of the United States for Young People written by Michael Bronski and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 by School Library Journal Queer history didn’t start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of our national identity, contributing to the country and culture for over 400 years. It is crucial for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth to know their history. But this history is not easy to find since it’s rarely taught in schools or commemorated in other ways. A Queer History of the United States for Young People corrects this and demonstrates that LGBTQ people have long been vital to shaping our understanding of what America is today. Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future. The stories he shares include those of * Indigenous tribes who embraced same-sex relationships and a multiplicity of gender identities. * Emily Dickinson, brilliant nineteenth-century poet who wrote about her desire for women. * Gladys Bentley, Harlem blues singer who challenged restrictive cross-dressing laws in the 1920s. * Bayard Rustin, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s close friend, civil rights organizer, and an openly gay man. * Sylvia Rivera, cofounder of STAR, the first transgender activist group in the US in 1970. * Kiyoshi Kuromiya, civil rights and antiwar activist who fought for people living with AIDS. * Jamie Nabozny, activist who took his LGBTQ school bullying case to the Supreme Court. * Aidan DeStefano, teen who brought a federal court case for trans-inclusive bathroom policies. * And many more! With over 60 illustrations and photos, a glossary, and a corresponding curriculum, A Queer History of the United States for Young People will be vital for teachers who want to introduce a new perspective to America’s story.
Author : John Earl Haynes
Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Communism and Anti-communism in the United States written by John Earl Haynes and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1987 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
