Life Flows on in Endless Song: Folk Songs and American History

by Robert V. Wells

Life Flows on in Endless Song explores American folk songs as a frame for the American experience. Robert V. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical circumstances and evolved as they migrated from one region to another. Crafting a thematic map of four centuries of American history, Wells investigates how songs embody shifting attitudes toward the institution of the family, war and religion, work and the labor movement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252076508
• ISBN13: 9780252076503
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"