ISBN:
9781306093101
,
9781137384256
,
1306093104
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (301 Seiten)
DDC:
306.4842
Keywords:
Youth--Great Britain--Social conditions
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Popular music--Great Britain--1951-1960
;
Popular music--Great Britain--1961-1970
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Popular music--Great Britain--1971-1980
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Electronic books.--local
;
Music--Social aspects--Great Britain
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History, Modern
;
Popular music -- England -- 20th century
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm blues, punk, mod subculture, and glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society.
Abstract:
Drawing on archival sources and oral testimony, Keith Gildart examines the ways in which popular music played an important role in reflecting and shaping social identities and working-class cultures and - through a focus on rock 'n' roll, rhythm blues, punk, mod subculture, and glam rock - created a sense of crisis in English society. Keith Gildart is Reader in Labour and Social History at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. He has published widely in the field of labour and working-class history. He is the author of North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity, 1945-1996 (2001)and an editor of the Dictionary of Labour Biography.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cover""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I Teddy Boy England""; ""Soundcheck: Buddy Holly and the �Lemon Drop Kid�, Wigan, England, Tuesday 18 March 1958""; ""1 Coal, Cotton and Rock �n� Rollin North West England""; ""2 Exploring London�s Soho and theFlamingo Club with Georgie Fameand the Blue Flames""; ""3 Liverpool, the Beatles andthe Cultural Politics of Class,Race and Place""; ""Part II Mod England""; ""4 My Generation: Pete Townshend,the Who and English Mods""
Description / Table of Contents:
""5 Mods over England: LocalExperiences and Social Control""""6 Class, Nation and Social Changein the Kinks� England""; ""Part IIIGlam/Punk England""; ""7 Aliens in England: Slade,David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust andGlam Rock""; ""8 Darkness over England: PunkRock and the Sex Pistols AnarchyTour 1976""; ""Encore: On the Road to WiganPier to see Georgie Fame andBilly Boston, Sunday 2 March 2003""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Note:
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