Strike Songs of the Depression /

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"The Depression brought unprecedented changes for American workers and organized labor. As the economy plummeted, employers cut wages and laid off workers, while simultaneously attempting to wrest more work from those who remained employed. In mills, mines, and factories, workers organized and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lynch, Timothy P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Arbeiterlied
Working class > Songs and music.
Protest songs.
Depressions.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Folk & Traditional.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
Crises economiques > 1929 > États-Unis.
Travailleurs > États-Unis > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Chansons contestataires > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Depressions > 1929 > United States.
Working class > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Protest songs > United States > History and criticism.
USA
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The Depression brought unprecedented changes for American workers and organized labor. As the economy plummeted, employers cut wages and laid off workers, while simultaneously attempting to wrest more work from those who remained employed. In mills, mines, and factories, workers organized and resisted, striking for higher wages, improved working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively. As workers walked the picket line or sat down on the shop floor, they could be heard singing. This book examines the songs they sang at three different strikes - the Gastonia, North Carolina, textile mill strike (1929), Harlan County, Kentucky coal mining strike (1931-32), and Flint, Michigan automobile sit down strike (1936-37)."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781604736724

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