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Williamson John <1949-> |
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Players' work time : A history of the British Musicians' Union, 1893–2013 / / John Williamson and Martin Cloonan |
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Manchester, Michigan : , : Manchester University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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1-5261-0829-1 |
1-5261-2078-X |
1-5261-0828-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Musicians - Labor unions |
Musicians - Labor unions - Great Britain |
Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on archives and other sources -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Musicians' organisations before 1893 -- 2 Early days -- 3 Boom and bust: 1919-1933 -- 4 The politics of dancing: 1934-1945 -- 5 Worlds of possibilities: 1946-1955 -- 6 The beat generation: 1956-1970 -- 7 The John Morton years: 1971-1990 -- 8 Disharmony: 1991-2002 -- 9 Beginning again -- Conclusion -- Appendix: list of interviews -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the working lives of musicians over the past 120 years via the history of the Musicians' Union. The union has been at the centre of all major agreements covering the employment of musicians across the UK's music industries for this period and its role to date has largely been ignored by historians of the music profession, the music industries and trade unions. This book remedies that oversight, providing fresh insight to musicians' working lives, the industries in which they work and wider British social life. It explores a history of confrontation, coercion and compromise played out across the nation's studios, performance spaces and airwaves. |
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