Work and Sing(English, Paperback, Cohen Ronald D)

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Work and Sing(English, Paperback, Cohen Ronald D) is written by Cohen Ronald D and published by Carquinez Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0974412481 (ISBN 10) and 9780974412481 (ISBN 13).

In this wide-ranging and accessible survey of American labor songs, Ronald D. Cohen chronicles the history behind the work songs of cowboys, sailors, hoboes, and others, as well as the singing culture of groups ranging from the Industrial Workers of the World to Pete Seeger's "People's Songs." He discusses protest songs, the links between labor songs and the Left, the importance of labor song leaders such as Joe Glazer, labor musicals and songsters, and the folk music movement from Lead Belly and the Almanac Singers through Woody Guthrie.