Garman, Bryan K.

A race of singers : Whitman's working-class hero from Guthrie to Springsteen / Bryan K. Garman. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2000. - ix, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Cultural studies of the United States .

"Portions of this book appeared in different form in Popular music and society 20, no. 2 (1996) and American quarterly (March 2000)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-326) and index.

0807825581 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807848662 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 --Influence.
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967 --Influence.
Springsteen, Bruce--Influence.


Popular music--Social aspects--United States.
Working class--Songs and music--History and criticism.--United States

ML3477 / .G36 2000

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