Rainbow Quest The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970

Name: Rainbow Quest The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970
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ISBN: 9781558493483

ISBN-10: 1558493484

ISBN-13: 9781558493483

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ronald D. Cohen, Ronald D. Cohen

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This study reconstructs the history of the folk-music revival in the States, tracing its origins to the early decades of the 20th century. Cohen shows how a broad range of traditions all contributed to the genre known as folk.

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date: 11/11/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 380
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Prologue: Summer 1953



Roots of the Revival



People's Songs, Popular Folk, and the Later 1940s



The Weavers and the Red Scare, 1950-1954



Stirrings of the Revival, 1955-1957



The Kingston Trio and the Emerging Revival, 1958-1959



Into the Heart of the Revival, 1960-1962



The Revival's Peak, 1963-1964



Folk's Transformation, 1965-1966



The 1960s End (But Not Folk Music)


Notes


Index