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Songs about Work

Songs about Work

Green, Archie

Paperback

AnthropologyMythology & FolkloreGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1879407043
ISBN13: 9781879407046
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Dec 1 1993
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
. . . an impressive collection . . . this book marks a milestone in the study of labor an occupational songs. -Journal of American Folklore This is an important contribution to Ameican history, saluting those who built the country with their labor. -Come-All-Ye The remembrances are sensitive and perceptive, the essays are insightful and thought-provoking . . . -Sonneck Society Bulletin These essays offer striking portraits of working environments where song arose in response to prevailing conditions. Included are the protest blues of African American levee workers, the corridos of Chicano farm workers, and the European songs of immigrant lumber workers in the Midwest.

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