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Victory through harmony : the BBC and popular music in World War II / Christina L. Baade.

By: Baade, Christina LPublication details: New York, N.Y. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2012. Description: viii, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780195372014 (hbk.) :; 0195372018 (hbk.) :; 9780199328055 (pbk.)Subject(s): British Broadcasting Corporation -- History | Radio and music -- Great Britain | World War, 1939-1945 -- Music and the war | Popular music -- Great Britain -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.44094109044 LOC classification: ML68 | .B33 2012Online resources: Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
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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.