33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day

by Dorian Lynskey

Book Overview

From one of the most prominent music critics writing today, a page-turning and wonderfully researched history of protest music in the twentieth century and beyond

Nowhere does pop music collide more dramatically with the wider world than in the protest song, which forces its way into the news and prompts conversations from Washington to Westminster. Rather than being merely a worthy adjunct to the business of pop, protest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061670154
• ISBN13: 9780061670152
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"