Minstrels Of The Mine Patch
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Minstrels Of The Mine Patch
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Author : George Gershon Korson
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-01-31
Minstrels Of The Mine Patch written by George Gershon Korson and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with Social Science categories.
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Minstrels Of The Mine Patch
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Author : Thomson Gale
language : en
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Release Date : 1970-06-01
Minstrels Of The Mine Patch written by Thomson Gale and has been published by Gale Cengage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970-06-01 with categories.
For Democracy Workers And God
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Author : Clark D. Halker
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1991
For Democracy Workers And God written by Clark D. Halker and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with American poetry categories.
Danger Death And Disaster In The Crowsnest Pass Mines 1902 1928
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Author : Karen Lynne Buckley
language : en
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Release Date : 2004
Danger Death And Disaster In The Crowsnest Pass Mines 1902 1928 written by Karen Lynne Buckley and has been published by University of Calgary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The Crowsnest Pass is famous for the tragic rock slide at Frank in 1903, but almost as famous are the many coal-mining tragedies that afflicted the region in the early twentieth century. With the discovery of a rich coal deposit in the region, the area underwent an economic boom and a spike in population that is still evidenced today. Unfortunately, with this type of mining, in rugged and often dangerous conditions comes the threat of disaster and occasionally death. This book examines carefully the various calamities that have afflicted the area and considers the impact on the inhabitants and victims of these numerous tragedies. Using original source material such as grave markers, folk songs, and oral histories, the author portrays vividly the psychological and sociological features of both the individual and collective responses to death and danger, giving the reader a unique picture of mining communities that is as true today as it was a century ago.
Black Lung
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Author : Alan Derickson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1998-07-16
Black Lung written by Alan Derickson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-07-16 with History categories.
In the definitive history of a twentieth-century public health disaster, Alan Derickson recounts how, for decades, the combined failure of government, medicine, and industry to halt the spread of black lung disease--and even to acknowledge its existence--resulted in a national tragedy, the effects of which are still being felt.
Singing Death
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Author : Helen Dell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-04-21
Singing Death written by Helen Dell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-21 with Music categories.
Death is an unanswerable question for humanity, the question that always remains unanswered because it lies beyond human experience. Music represents one of the most profound ways in which humanity struggles, nevertheless, to accommodate death within the scope of the living by giving a voice to death and the dead and a voice that responds. This book engages with the question of how music expresses and responds to the profound existential disturbance that death and loss present to the living. Each chapter offers readers an encounter with music as a way of speaking or responding to human mortality. Each chapter, in its own way, addresses these questions: How are death and the dead made present to us through music? How does music, as composed, performed and heard, respond to the brute fact of death for the living, the dying and the bereaved? These questions are addressed from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives: musicology, ethnomusicology, literature, history, philosophy, film studies, psychology and psychoanalysis. Singing Death also covers a wide range of musical genres from medieval love song to twenty-first-century horror film music. The collection is accompanied by a website including some of the music associated with each of its chapters.
The Ballad Collectors Of North America
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Author : Scott B. Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2012
The Ballad Collectors Of North America written by Scott B. Spencer and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Much has been written about the songs gathered in North America in the first half of the 20th century. However, there is scant information on those individuals responsible for gathering these songs. The Ballad Collectors of North America: How Gathering Folksongs Transformed Academic Thought and American Identity fills this gap, documenting the efforts of those who transcribed and recorded North American folk songs. Both biographical and topical, this book chronicles not only the most influential of these "song catchers" but also examines the main schools of thought on the collection process, the leading proponents of those schools, and the projects that they shaped. Contributors also consider the role of technology--especially the phonograph--in the collection efforts. Chapters organized by region cover such areas as Appalachia, the West, and Canada, while others devoted to specialized topics from the cowboy tune and occupational song to the commercialization of folk music through song collections and anthologies. Ballad Collectors investigates the larger role of the ballad in the development of American identity, from the national appreciation of cowboy songs in popular culture to the use of Appalachian song forms in radio broadcasts to the role of dustbowl ballads in the urban folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Finally, this collection assesses the changing role of songs and song texts in the academic fields of folklore, anthropology, musicology, and ethnomusicology. Scholars and students of American cultural and social history, as well as fans of North American folk and popular music, will find The Ballad Collectors of North America a fascinating story of how the American folk tradition gained greater visibility, fueling the revolutions that would follow in the writing and performance of American music.
American Folk Songs 2 Volumes
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Author : Norman Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-09-30
American Folk Songs 2 Volumes written by Norman Cohen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-30 with Music categories.
This state-by-state collection of folksongs describes the history, society, culture, and events characteristic of all fifty states. Unlike all other state folksong collections, this one does not focus on songs collected in the particular states, but rather on songs concerning the life and times of the people of that state. The topics range from the major historical events, such as the Boston Tea Party, the attack on Fort Sumter, and the California Gold Rush, to regionally important events such as disasters and murders, labor problems, occupational songs, ethnic conflicts. Some of the songs will be widely recognized, such as Casey Jones, Marching Through Georgia, or Sweet Betsy from Pike. Others, less familiar, have not been reprinted since their original publication, but deserve to be studied because of what they tell about the people of these United States, their loves, labors, and losses, and their responses to events. The collection is organized by regions, starting with New England and ending with the states bordering the Pacific Ocean, and by states within each region. For each state there are from four to fifteen songs presented, with an average of 10 songs per state. For each song, a full text is reprented, followed by discussion of the song in its historical context. References to available recordings and other versions are given. Folksongs, such as those discussed here, are an important tool for historians and cultural historians because they sample experiences of the past at a different level from that of contemporary newspaper accounts and academic histories. These songs, in a sense, are history writ small. Includes: Away Down East, The Old Granite State, Connecticut, The Virginian Maid's Lament, Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, I'm Going Back to North Carolina, Shut up in Cold Creek Mine, Ain't God Good to Iowa?, Dakota Land, Dear Prairie Home, Cheyenne Boys, I'm off for California, and others.
Medical Caregiving And Identity In Pennsylvania S Anthracite Region 1880 2000
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Author : Karol K. Weaver
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-10-13
Medical Caregiving And Identity In Pennsylvania S Anthracite Region 1880 2000 written by Karol K. Weaver and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-13 with History categories.
While much has been written about immigrant traditions, music, food culture, folklore, and other aspects of ethnic identity, little attention has been given to the study of medical culture, until now. In Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Region, 1880–2000, Karol Weaver employs an impressive range of primary sources, including folk songs, patent medicine advertisements, oral history interviews, ghost stories, and jokes, to show how the men and women of the anthracite coal region crafted their gender and ethnic identities via the medical decisions they made. Weaver examines communities’ relationships with both biomedically trained physicians and informally trained medical caregivers, and how these relationships reflected a sense of “Americanness.” She uses interviews and oral histories to help tell the story of neighborhood healers, midwives, Pennsylvania German powwowers, medical self-help, and the eventual transition to modern-day medicine. Weaver is able to show not only how each of these methods of healing was shaped by its patrons and their backgrounds but also how it helped mold the identities of the new Americans who sought it out.
Population Change And Social Continuity
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Author : Harold W. Aurand
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 1986
Population Change And Social Continuity written by Harold W. Aurand and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Social Science categories.
By examining the social structure of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, during a period of massive demographic change, the author challenges the notion that rapid population growth and intense mobility undermines the stability of the community.