Ska
Subtitle: the rhythm of liberation
By: Heather Augustyn
Series: Tempo : a Scarecrow Press music series on rock, pop, and culture; Tempo (Lanham, Md.)
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780810884496
Subjects: History and criticism; Music; Popular music; Ska (Music)
Description: Devotees of reggae, jazz, pop, Latin music, hip hop, rock, techno, dance, and world beat should find their appreciation of this remarkable genre deepened by this survey of the origins and spread of ska.
Notes: "Timeline": pages xi-xiv.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-151), discography (pages 153-154), videography (page 153), and index.
Table of contents: title: Stoking the fire; title: Music is my occupation; title: Freedom sound; title: Out of many, one people; title: Winter of discontent; title: British ska in a fractured nation; title: East side beat; title: Ska in the key of sunshine; title: Ska boom and ska bust; title: Ska all over the world.