Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II /
Baade, Christina L.
Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II / Christina L. Baade. - New York, N.Y. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - viii, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
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.
9780195372014 (hbk.) : £32.50 0195372018 (hbk.) : £32.50 9780199328055 (pbk.)
2011009138
GBB1A5095 bnb
British Broadcasting Corporation--History.
Radio and music--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war.
Popular music--History and criticism.--Great Britain--1941-1950
ML68 / .B33 2012
791.44094109044
Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II / Christina L. Baade. - New York, N.Y. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. - viii, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
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.
9780195372014 (hbk.) : £32.50 0195372018 (hbk.) : £32.50 9780199328055 (pbk.)
2011009138
GBB1A5095 bnb
British Broadcasting Corporation--History.
Radio and music--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war.
Popular music--History and criticism.--Great Britain--1941-1950
ML68 / .B33 2012
791.44094109044