Our musicals, ourselves
Subtitle: a social history of the American musical theatre
By: John Bush Jones.
Edition: 1st Brandeis/University Press of New England pbk. ed.
Publisher: Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780874519044
Subjects: Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism; Musical theater -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-383) and index.
Table of contents: title: Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I; title: The musicals of the roaring twenties; title: Coping with Depression; title: World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years; title: From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years; title: Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s; title: Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years; title: Fragmented society, fragmented musicals; title: A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle; title: New voices, new perspectives.