Description |
viii, 275 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain -- "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war -- Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime -- Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme -- Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom -- Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners -- Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home -- "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance -- Music backlash. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
British Broadcasting Corporation -- History.
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Radio and music -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war.
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Popular music -- Great Britain -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780195372014 (alk. paper) |
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9780199707324 (e-book) |
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