03358nam 2200697 450 991082654680332120230607215438.00-19-771664-40-19-028590-71-280-47371-10-19-535029-41-60256-958-4(CKB)1000000000028969(EBL)279698(OCoLC)191038686(SSID)ssj0000254512(PQKBManifestationID)11227840(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254512(PQKBWorkID)10208538(PQKB)10892619(Au-PeEL)EBL4701197(CaPaEBR)ebr11273090(CaONFJC)MIL47371(OCoLC)960165044(MiAaPQ)EBC4701197(EXLCZ)99100000000002896920161011h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSweet freedom's song "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and democracy in America /Robert James Branham & Stephen J. HartnettOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2002.©20021 online resource (289 p.)Includes index.0-19-513741-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-257) and index.Contents; Introduction: "You Can Sing What Would Be Death to Speak"; ONE: "God Save the _____!": Institutionalizing, Appropriating, and Contesting Nationalism through Song, 1744-1798; TWO: "The Subordination of the Different Parts and Voices": Popularizing "America" through Grassroots Activism, 1826-1850; THREE: "Bombast, Fraud, Deception, Impiety, and Hypocrisy" in the "Dark Land of Slavery," 1830-1859; FOUR: "Teach Us True Liberty": "America" in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1869; FIVE: Reforming the "Sweet Land of Knavery": "America" and Political Protest, 1870-1932Epilogue: "America," "God Save the Queen," and PostmodernityAppendix A: Sixteen Versions of "God Save the King" and "My Country 'Tis of Thee," Organized Chronologically, 1744-1891; Appendix B: Selective List of Alternative American Versions of "God Save the King" and "America," 1759-1900; Notes; IndexSweet Freedom's Song' is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural and political roles played by the song 'America' over the 250 years. Popularly known as 'My Country Tis of Thee' - and as 'God Save the King/Queen' before that - this song is arguably the most important political song in US history.Patriotic poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismNational songsUnited StatesHistory and criticismDemocracyUnited StatesDemocracy in literatureUnited StatesSongs and musicHistory and criticismPatriotic poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.National songsHistory and criticism.DemocracyDemocracy in literature.811/.3Branham Robert J.1705896Hartnett Stephen J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826546803321Sweet freedom's song4092954UNINA