Atomic tunes : the Cold War in American and British popular music / Tim and Joanna Smolko.
"What is the soundtrack for a nuclear arms race? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of the world-cha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "What is the soundtrack for a nuclear arms race? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of the world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko explore everything from the serious to the comical, the morbid to the crude, showing the widespread concern among musicians who were trying to cope with the effect of communism on American society and the consequences of a potential nuclear conflict of global proportions. Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, offering insight into the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 355 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253056177 0253056179 9780253056184 0253056187 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 13, 2021) |