Item details: A chance to harmonize : how FDR's hidden music unit sought to save America from the great depression--one song at a time - 48511499

A chance to harmonize : how FDR's hidden music unit sought to save America from the great depression--one song at a time

text A chance to harmonize : how FDR's hidden music unit sought to save America from the great depression--one song at a time

Kaskowitz, Sheryl

Summary: "In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest-Appalachian miners and mill workers stranded a... Read more

Format: text

Description: xxiii, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, music ; 24 cm

Publisher: Pegasus Books 2024

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	973.917 KAS in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	973.917 KAS in Adult Non-fiction	Available

New Deal, 1933-1939 Music and state United States History 20th century Folk music Social aspects United States Folk music Political aspects United States Folk music United States History and criticism United States Social conditions 1933-1945 United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 Depressions 1929 Social aspects Cloth or Hardcover History - U.S United States - 20th Century Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional Social history New Deal Musique Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Musique folklorique États-Unis Histoire et critique États-Unis Conditions sociales 1933-1945 États-Unis Conditions économiques 1918-1945 Crises économiques 1929 Aspect social Histoire sociale New Deal social history

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