American folk music and left-wing politics, 1927-1957
By: Richard A. Reuss ; with JoAnne C. Reuss.
Contributors: Reuss, JoAnne C., 1942-
Series: American folk music and musicians series -- no. 4; American folk music and musicians -- no. 4.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Folk music -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-282) and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics and folklore; title: Early Marxism and folklore; title: The communist search for a proletarian music culture; title: The growth of communist interest in folklore; title: Communist encounters with American unions; title: Communist "folk" culture and the Popular Front; title: The Almanac Singers: proletarian "folk" culture in microcosm; title: People's Songs, Inc.: proletarian "folk" culture in microcosm; title: People's Artists and the decline of the American Communist Party; title: The folk music legacy of the American communist movement.