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"... explores the hidden history of American song and struggle, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of the Second World War. Recovering the passionate voices of an entire nation, it shows that these songs are woven into the very fabric of the American people."--Provided by publisher.
List of contents
Introduction: the work of recovery; 1. Broken spears and songs of sorrow; 2. Good newes from Virginia; 3. A capital chop; 4. If I had but a small loaf of bread; 5. Where today are the Pequot?; 6. There is a fountain filled with blood; 7. A tragedy that beggared the Greek; 8. Muscle, blood, and steel; 9. Rule Anglo-Saxia; 10. The hand that feeds you; 11. We are many; 12. 100% American; 13. We're up against it now; 14. The panic is on; 15. To thee we sing; Conclusion: whose land?
About the author
Will Kaufman is Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, England. He is the author of Woody Guthrie, American Radical (2011), Woody Guthrie's Modern World Blues (2017), and Mapping Woody Guthrie (2019). His other books include The Comedian as Confidence Man (1997), The Civil War in American Culture (2006), American Culture in the 1970s (2009), and co-authored with Ronald D. Cohen, Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History (2015).
Summary
This groundbreaking book explores the hidden history of American song and struggle, from the moment Columbus made fateful landfall to the start of the Second World War. Recovering the passionate voices of an entire nation, it shows that these songs are woven into the very fabric of the American people.
