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Born in the U.S.A. : the myth of America in popular music from Colonial times to the present /

This is the first study to explore fully the myth of America as reflected in the nation's popular music. Beginning with the songs of the Pilgrims and continuing through more than two centuries of history and music, Born in the U.S.A. shows the emerging American myth and gives a close reading of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheurer, Timothy E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1991.
Edición:Print-on-demand ed.
Colección:Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; One "To Thee Sing Psalm Wil I": The Roots of the Myth in Puritan Music; Two "We Led Fair Freedom Hither": The Revolutionary War Era; Three "From Every Mountainside": From the Revolution to the Outbreak of the Civil War; Four "Who Shall Rule This American Nation?": The Civil War Era; Five "A Thoroughfare for Freedom Beat": From the End of the Civil War to the End of the Great War; Six "Of Thee I Sing, Baby": The Tin Pan Alley Years, 1920-1950
  • Seven "This Land Is Your Land": The Folk-Protest Movement and Other Voices, 1920-1960Eight "They've All Come to Look for America": The Late 1950S and the 1960S; Nine "You Can't Be Forever Blessed": The 1970S; Ten "Born in the U.S.A.": The 1980S; Conclusion; Bibliography; Discography; Index; Footnotes; introfn1; ch02_fn01; ch04_fn01; ch05_fn01; ch06_fn01; ch07_fn01; ch08_fn01