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Depression Folk: Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America
ISBN: 9781469630465 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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...
While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the...
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411,43 |
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Folk Music: The Basics
ISBN: 9780415971607 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Folk Music: The Basics gives a brief introduction to British and American folk music. Drawing upon the most recent and relevant scholarship, it will focus on comparing and contrasting the historical nature of the three aspects of understanding folk music: traditional, local performers; professional collectors; and the advent of professional performers in the twentieth century during the so-called "folk revival." The two sides of the folk tradition will be examined--both as popular and commercial expressions. Folk Music: The Basics serves as an excellent introduction...
Folk Music: The Basics gives a brief introduction to British and American folk music. Drawing upon the most recent and relevant scho...
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112,32 |
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A Moment Frozen in Time
ISBN: 9781977252746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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88,92 |
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Alan Lomax, Assistant in Charge: The Library of Congress Letters, 1935-1945
ISBN: 9781628460605 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Alan Lomax (1915-2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1936, first as a special and temporary assistant, then as the permanent Assistant in Charge, starting in June 1937, until he left in late 1942. He recorded such important musicians as Woody Guthrie, Muddy Waters, Aunt Molly Jackson, and Jelly Roll Morton. A reading and examination of his letters from 1935 to 1945 reveal someone who led an extremely complex, fascinating, and creative life, mostly as a public employee. While Lomax is noted for his field recordings, these collected... Alan Lomax (1915-2002) began working for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress in 1936, first as a special and temporary ass... |
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140,56 |
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Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s
ISBN: 9780252080128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s, Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Donaldson present a transatlantic history of folk's midcentury resurgence that juxtaposes the related but distinct revivals that took place in the United States and Great Britain.
After setting the stage with the work of music collectors in the nineteenth century, the authors explore the so-called recovery of folk music practices and performers by Alan Lomax and others, including journeys to and within the British Isles that allowed artists and folk music advocates to absorb native... In Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s, Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Donaldson present a transatlantic history of f...
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'Wasn't That a Time!': Firsthand Accounts of the Folk Music Revival
ISBN: 9780810841703 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In May 1991 the Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Conference, the first of its kind, was held at Indiana University in Bloomington. For two days a stellar gathering of folk music performers, scholars, journalists, and activists discussed their memories of the folk music revival in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. These presentations, now substantially revised and published for the first time, give an exciting overview of the revival from a variety of important and stimulating perspectives. Various key performers and folklorists give personal accounts of the time, while Irwin...
In May 1991 the Richard Reuss Memorial Folk Music Conference, the first of its kind, was held at Indiana University in Bloomington. For two days a ste...
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Depression Folk: Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America
ISBN: 9781469628813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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...
While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the...
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140,56 |
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Children of the Mill: Schooling and Society in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1960
ISBN: 9781138420731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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989,52 |
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Impact: Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change
ISBN: 9781529108057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An inspiring manifesto showing that changing the world and making a profit can go hand in hand. Throughout the world, capitalism and democracy are being challenged with great force.
An inspiring manifesto showing that changing the world and making a profit can go hand in hand. Throughout the world, capitalism and democracy are b...
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90,96 |
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Hosea & Amos- Everyman's Bible Commentary
ISBN: 9780802420282 / Angielski / Miękka / 1981 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. God used Hosea and Amos--one right after the other--to announce to the Northern Kingdom (Israel) that God's patience had at last ended and that the hour of decision had arrived. These prophets challenged Israelto repent now or face God's immediate judgment and endure pitiless conquest and plunderingat the hands of themerciless Assyrians. God used Hosea and Amos--one right after the other--to announce to the Northern Kingdom (Israel) that God's patience had at last ended and that the... |
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The Second Bounce Of The Ball: Turning Risk Into Opportunity
ISBN: 9780753824368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A unique insider's guide to turning risk into opportunity
In business, everyone can see the first bounce of the ball. It is the second bounce that is uncertain. Ronald Cohen, one of the world's leading private-equity investors, argues that the entrepreneur's aim is to take advantage of that uncertainty: for it is only in situations of uncertainty that significant gains can be made. Putting it another way, successful entrepreneurs know how to turn risk into opportunity. The book is essential reading for entrepreneurs, wannabe entrepreneurs and all those who want to apply... A unique insider's guide to turning risk into opportunity
In business, everyone can see the first bounce of the ball. It is the second boun... |
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Neuropsychology and Cardiovascular Disease
ISBN: 9780195341188 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Roughly one of every three Americans has some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including more than 70% of persons older than 75 years of age. Long associated with increased risk for mortality and disability, CVD is also a major risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular disease. There has been growing consensus that CVD is also an important contributor to poor neurocognitive outcome in own right. Numerous studies now link CVD to accelerated cognitive decline, and structural and functional brain abnormalities, including neurodegnerative conditions in the elderly. While vascular dementia...
Roughly one of every three Americans has some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including more than 70% of persons older than 75 years of age. Lon...
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Brain Imaging in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience
ISBN: 9781441963710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rapid developments in brain neuroimaging methods have occurred over the past decade. These advances have revolutionized cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and are likely to have major influence on clinical psychological, psychiatric, and neurological practice over the coming years. There are a number of excellent books that focus on specific neuroimaging methods, such as fMRI. Furthermore, cognitive and neuroscience texts have increasingly incorporated functional brain neuroimaging. Yet, there are few books to date that consider and review emerging research in the application of brain...
Rapid developments in brain neuroimaging methods have occurred over the past decade. These advances have revolutionized cognitive and behavioral neuro...
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Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History
ISBN: 9781612058085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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202,80 |
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Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History
ISBN: 9781496837936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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140,56 |
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State Formation and Political Legitimacy
ISBN: 9780887381614 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The evolution of the state from earlier forms of political organization is associated with revolutionary changes in the structure of inequality. These magnify distinctions in rank and power that outweigh anything previously known in so-called primitive societies. This volume explains how and why people came to accept and even identify themselves with this new form of authority. The introduction provides a new theory of legitimacy by synthesizing and uniting earlier theories from psychological, cultural-materialist, rational choice, and Marxist approaches. The case studies which follow...
The evolution of the state from earlier forms of political organization is associated with revolutionary changes in the structure of inequality. These...
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Children of the Mill : Schooling and Society in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1960
ISBN: 9780415934664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906 and was part of the US Steel Corporation's plan to build the world's largest steel mill. The city's school system became world-famous as a progressive educational experiment until the 1930s when a changing political and economic climate led to an erosion of the system, which faced a serious overcrowding crisis in the 1950s. Blending social and intellectual history, the author examines the economic, political, and cultural context of the unique educational experience developed in this urban industrial centre.
Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906 and was part of the US Steel Corporation's plan to build the world's largest steel mill. The city's school system be...
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222,59 |
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Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s
ISBN: 9780252038518 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s, Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Donaldson present a transatlantic history of folk's midcentury resurgence that juxtaposes the related but distinct revivals that took place in the United States and Great Britain. After setting the stage with the work of music collectors in the nineteenth century, the authors explore the so-called recovery of folk music practices and performers by Alan Lomax and others, including journeys to and within the British Isles that allowed artists and folk music advocates to absorb native...
In Roots of the Revival: American and British Folk Music in the 1950s, Ronald D. Cohen and Rachel Clare Donaldson present a transatlantic history of f...
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458,30 |
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Justice in Social Relations
ISBN: 9781468450613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. From July 16 through July 21, 1984 a group of American and West German scholars met in Marburg, West Germany to discuss their com mon work on the topic of justice in social relations. For over 30 hours they presented papers, raised questions about each other's work, and in so doing plotted a course for future research and theory building on this topic. The participants were asked to present work that represented their most recent state-of-the-science contributions in the area. The con tributions to this volume represent refined versions of those presentations-papers that have been improved by...
From July 16 through July 21, 1984 a group of American and West German scholars met in Marburg, West Germany to discuss their com mon work on the topi...
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