Our musicals, ourselves : a social history of the American musical theatre /
By: Jones, John Bush
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Publisher: Waltham, Ma. : Brandeis University Press : University Press of New England, 2003Edition: 1st Brandeis/University Press of New England pbk. ed.Description: xiii, 411 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780874519044; 9780874519044:.Subject(s): Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.
Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I -- The musicals of the roaring twenties -- Coping with Depression -- World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years -- From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years -- Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s -- Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years -- Fragmented society, fragmented musicals -- A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle -- New voices, new perspectives.
A social history of American musical theatre from the imported Gilbert and Sullivan operas of the late 19th century to modern musicals such as 'Urinetown'. The author examines the numerous links between what played on Broadway and what played on newspapers' front pages across the nation.