World and U2 - One Band''s Remaking of Global Activism

Informationen zum Autor Alan McPherson is professor of International and Area Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is the prize winning author of six books on US, Latin American, and global history. Klappentext In The World and U2: One Band's Remaking of Global Activism, Alan McPherson trains a historian's eye on the evolution and influence of the band's activism from its formation in 1976 to its most recent album and concert tour. Zusammenfassung In The World and U2: One Band’s Remaking of Global Activism, Alan McPherson trains a historian’s eye on the evolution and influence of the band’s activism from its formation in 1976 to its most recent album and concert tour. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: U2 in a Selfish WorldChapter 1: Out of Ireland, 1960-1982Chapter 2: The Raising of a Global Consciousness, 1983-1989Chapter 3: Zooropa, 1990-1998Chapter 4: Bono, Superstar Lobbyist, 1999-2005Chapter 5: Consolidation and Criticism, 2006-2015Conclusion: Of Fans and ActivistsBibliographyAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Alan Mcpherson, McPherson Alan
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781442249332
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4933-2
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Rock, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Political activism, Pop Music, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Political activism / Political engagement, Global Activism;Music