John Williamson, Martin Cloonan

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A history of the British Musicians' Union, 1893-2013

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Produktbeschreibung

This critical account of the Musicians' Union from 1893-2013 explores the organisation's development as a set of responses to technological, industrial and socio-political changes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9781784991326
• ISBN-10: 1784991325
• Artikelnr.: 42788633

Autorenporträt

John Williamson is Research Associate in Music at the University of Glasgow Martin Cloonan is Professor of Popular Music Politics at the University of Glasgow

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Musicians' organisations before 1893 2. Early days: the Amalgamated Musicians' Union, 1893
1918 3. Boom and bust: 1919
33 4. The politics of dancing: 1934
45 5. Worlds of possibilities: 1946
55 6. The beat generation: 1956
70 7. The John Morton years: 1971
90 8. Disharmony: 1991
2002 9. Beginning again: the MU in the twenty
first century Conclusion Index