Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain

By: Emma Robertson and Marek Korczynski and Michael Pickering

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Synopsis: Whether for weavers at the handloom, labourers at the plough, or factory workers on the assembly line, music has often been a key texture in people's working lives. This book is the first to explore the rich history of music at work in Britain and charts the journey from the singing cultures of pre-industrial occupations, to the impact and uses of the factory radio, via the silencing effect of industrialisation. The first part of the book discusses how widespread cultures of singing at work were in pre-industrial manual occupations. The second and third parts of the book show how musical silence reigned with industrialisation, until the carefully controlled introduction of Music While You Work in the 1940s. Continuing the analysis to the present day, Rhythms of Labour explains how workers have clung to and reclaimed popular music on the radio in desperate and creative ways.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781107241060
Related ISBNs:: 9781107000179, 9780521165167
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Date of Addition:: 07/18/13
Copyrighted By:: Marek Korczynski, Michael Pickering and Emma Robertson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Music
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.