{"product_id":"roots-of-the-revival-american-and-british-folk-music-in-the-1950s-hardback-9780252038518","title":"Roots of the Revival; American and British Folk Music in the 1950s (Hardback) 9780252038518","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRoots of the Revival\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerican and British Folk Music in the 1950s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald D Cohen (Author), Rachel Clare Donaldson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252038518\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages, 20 black and white photographs, discography\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.481 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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Much has been written about the folk revival, but this book is unusual in examining its progression in both the US and Britain. Folk-music fans might be unaware that there was strong interest in American and British folk music before the highly publicized revival, and Cohen and Donaldson have done that important research. Highly Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"The hugely engaging tome focuses its attention primarily on 1950 to 1958 or what you can think of as the period between the blacklisting of the Weavers and the rise of the Kingston Trio. . . . What Cohen and Donaldson's book does so effectively is it maps the development chronologically, so it's easy to see how we got from the Weavers to skiffle via the 'Rock Island Line' and finally to Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village. . . . \u003ci\u003eRoots of the Revival\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible and, for anyone with even a passing interest in folk music, absolutely fascinating.\"— \u003ci\u003eShire Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRoots of the Revival\u003c\/i\u003e is an indispensable text for scholars interested in the relationship between 'folk' and 'pop' at midcentury. It is more than simply a prehistory of 1960s folk activities, instead demonstrating how musicians, folklorists, and audiences navigated the concerns and events particular to the decade.\"--\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003cu\u003eRoots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s\u003c\/u\u003e, Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Donaldson present a transatlantic history of folk's midcentury resurgence that juxtaposes the related but distinct revivals that took place in the United States and Great Britain.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  After setting the stage with the work of music collectors in the nineteenth century, the authors explore the so-called recovery of folk music practices and performers by Alan Lomax and others, including journeys to and within the British Isles that allowed artists and folk music advocates to absorb native forms and facilitate the music's transatlantic exchange. Cohen and Donaldson place the musical and cultural connections of the twin revivals within the decade's social and musical milieu and grapple with the performers' leftist political agendas and artistic challenges, including the fierce debates over \"authenticity\" in practice and repertoire that erupted when artists like Harry Belafonte and the Kingston Trio carried folk into the popular music mainstream.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  From work songs to skiffle, from the Weavers in Greenwich Village to Burl Ives on the BBC, \u003cu\u003eRoots of the Revival\u003c\/u\u003e offers a frank and wide-ranging consideration of a time, a movement, and a transformative period in American and British pop culture.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. Background in the United States and Great Britain to 1950\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. The Weavers and the Resurgence of Folk Music, 1950–1953\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Blacklisting and Folk Developments, 1953–1954\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. Popular Folk Music Comes of Age, 1955–1956\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. Further Developments, 1957–1958\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. The Decade Ends, 1959–1960\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520662237464,"sku":"9780252038518","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/roots-of-the-revival-american-and-british-folk-music-in-the-1950s-hardback-9780252038518","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}