{"product_id":"american-song-and-struggle-from-columbus-to-world-war-2-a-cultural-history-paperback-softback-9781009078092","title":"American Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2; A Cultural History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009078092","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Song and Struggle from Columbus to World War 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Cultural History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA groundbreaking work of historical recovery which tells the story of the American people who sang their way through struggle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWill Kaufman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009078092, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e530 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.85 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is very well researched, and is broadly supported by secondary sources … [it] is certainly to be recommended for its masterly presentation of material along with its attention to detail and nuance.' Michael Pickering, Folk Music Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLong before anyone ever heard of 'protest music', people in America were singing about their struggles. They sang for justice and fairness, food and shelter, and equality and freedom; they sang to be acknowledged. Sometimes they also sang to oppress. This book uncovers the history of these people and their songs, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of the Second World War, when 'protest music' emerged as an identifiable brand. Cutting across musical genres, Will Kaufman recovers the passionate voices of America itself. We encounter songs of the mainland and the conquered territories of Hawai'i, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines; we hear Indigenous songs, immigrant songs and Klan songs, minstrel songs and symphonies, songs of the heard and the unheard, songs of the celebrated and the anonymous, of the righteous and the despicable. This magisterial book shows that all these songs are woven into the very fabric of American history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the work of recovery\u003cbr\u003e 1. Broken spears and songs of sorrow\u003cbr\u003e 2. Good newes from Virginia\u003cbr\u003e 3. A capital chop\u003cbr\u003e 4. If I had but a small loaf of bread\u003cbr\u003e 5. Where today are the Pequot?\u003cbr\u003e 6. There is a fountain filled with blood\u003cbr\u003e 7. A tragedy that beggared the Greek\u003cbr\u003e 8. Muscle, blood, and steel\u003cbr\u003e 9. Rule Anglo-Saxia\u003cbr\u003e 10. The hand that feeds you\u003cbr\u003e 11. We are many\u003cbr\u003e 12. 100% American\u003cbr\u003e 13. We're up against it now\u003cbr\u003e 14. The panic is on\u003cbr\u003e 15. To thee we sing\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: whose land?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501396390168,"sku":"9781009078092","price":21.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009078092i.jpg?v=1786235324","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-song-and-struggle-from-columbus-to-world-war-2-a-cultural-history-paperback-softback-9781009078092","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}