Players'' Work Time - A History of the British Musicians'' Union, 18932013

Informationen zum Autor John Williamson is Research Associate in Music at the University of Glasgow Martin Cloonan is Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow Klappentext This critical account of the Musicians' Union from 1893-2013 explores the organisation's development as a set of responses to technological, industrial and socio-political changes. Zusammenfassung This critical account of the Musicians' Union from 1893-2013 explores the organisation's development as a set of responses to technological! industrial and socio-political changes. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Musicians' organisations before 18932. Early days: the Amalgamated Musicians' Union, 1893-19183. Boom and bust: 1919-334. The politics of dancing: 1934-455. Worlds of possibilities: 1946-556. The beat generation: 1956-707. The John Morton years: 1971-908. Disharmony: 1991-20029. Beginning again: the MU in the twenty-first century ConclusionIndex

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• Authors: Martin Cloonan, Martin Williamson Cloonan, Professor Martin Cloonan, Professor Martin Williamson Cloonan, John Williamson, John Cloonan Williamson
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.09.2016
• EAN: 9781784991326
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-132-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Music, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, MUSIC / General, Social & cultural history, Music Industry, Trade Unions, British & Irish history, Politics and government