The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music

The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music - Routledge Histories

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Publisher's Synopsis

The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century until today, TheRoutledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music aims to be a probing introduction to the history of social protest music, ideal for popular music studies and history and sociology of music courses.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415509527
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 781.641592
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xvii, 412
Weight: 930g
Height: 259mm
Width: 183mm
Spine width: 26mm