Strike Songs Of The Depression
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Author | : Timothy P. Lynch |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781578063444 |
The Depression-era politics of strikers' songs that called for solidarity and action
Author | : Timothy P. Lynch |
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Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Depressions |
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Author | : Timothy P. Lynch |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2009-11-12 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1604736720 |
The Depression brought unprecedented changes for American workers and organized labor. As the economy plummeted, employers cut wages and laid off workers, while simultaneously attempting to wrest more work from those who remained employed. In mills, mines, and factories workers organized and resisted, striking for higher wages, improved working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively. As workers walked the picket line or sat down on the shop floor, they could be heard singing. This book examines the songs they sang at three different strikes- the Gastonia, North Carolina, textile mill strike (1929), Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mining strike (1931-32), and Flint, Michigan, automobile sit-down strike (1936-37). Whether in the Carolina Piedmont, the Kentucky hills, or the streets of Michigan, the workers' songs were decidedly class-conscious. All show the workers' understanding of the necessity of solidarity and collective action. In Flint the strikers sang: The trouble in our homestead Was brought about this way When a dashing corporation Had the audacity to say You must all renounce your union And forswear your liberties, And we'll offer you a chance To live and die in slavery. As a shared experience, the singing of songs not only sent the message of collective action but also provided the very means by which the message was communicated and promoted. Singing was a communal experience, whether on picket lines, at union rallies, or on shop floors. By providing the psychological space for striking workers to speak their minds, singing nurtured a sense of community and class consciousness. When strikers retold the events of their strike, as they did in songs, they spread and preserved their common history and further strengthened the bonds among themselves. In the strike songs the roles of gender were pronounced and vivid. Wives and mothers sang out of their concerns for home, family, and children. Men sang in the name of worker loyalty and brotherhood, championing male solidarity and comaraderie. Informed by the new social history, this critical examination of strike songs from three different industries in three different regions gives voice to a group too often deemed as inarticulate. This study, the only book-length examination of this subject, tells history "from the bottom up" and furthers an understanding of worker culture during the tumultuous Depression years.
Author | : Alan Lomax |
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Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Ballads, American |
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Author | : Elihu Blotnick |
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Release | : 2013-02-21 |
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ISBN | : 9780915090365 |
Author | : New Lost City Ramblers |
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Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : David M. Rosen |
Publisher | : [Westlake Village, Calif.] : Aware Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Ballads, American |
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Author | : Ronald D. Cohen |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2016-08-26 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1469628821 |
While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light on the complex cultural history of folk music in America, detailing the musicians, government agencies, and record companies that had a lasting impact during the 1930s and beyond. Covering myriad musical styles and performers, Cohen narrates a singular history that begins in nineteenth-century labor politics and popular music culture, following the rise of unions and Communism to the subsequent Red Scare and increasing power of the Conservative movement in American politics--with American folk and vernacular music centered throughout. Detailing the influence and achievements of such notable musicians as Pete Seeger, Big Bill Broonzy, and Woody Guthrie, Cohen explores the intersections of politics, economics, and race, using the roots of American folk music to explore one of the United States' most troubled times. Becoming entangled with the ascending American left wing, folk music became synonymous with protest and sharing the troubles of real people through song.
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Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1998 |
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Author | : Alan Lomax |
Publisher | : New York : Oak Publications |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Music |
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Collection of more than 150 American folk songs of the Depression and the Labor movement of the 1930's.