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The British Folk Revival, 1944-2002.(Book Review)
The British Folk Revival, 1944-2002. By Michael Brocken. (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series.) Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. [xii, 236 p. ISBN 0-7546-3282-2. $29.95 pbk.] Discography, bibliography, index.
The folk music revival following World War II has come under considerable scrutiny in the last few years. Monographs by Robert Cantwell (When We Were Good: The Folk Revival [Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996]) and Ronald D. Cohen (Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970 [Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002]) chronicle the American experience, but not until Michael Brocken's The British Folk Revival, ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, The British Folk Revival, 1944-2002.(Book Review)