Songs about Work

. . . an impressive collection . . . this book marks a milestone in the study of labor an occupational songs. -Journal of American FolkloreThis is an important contribution to Ameican history saluting those who built the country with their labor. -Come-All-YeThe remembrances are sensitive and perceptive the essays are insightful and thought-provoking . . . -Sonneck Society BulletinThese essays offer striking portraits of working environments where song arose in response to prevailing conditions. Included are the protest blues of African American levee workers the corridos of Chicano farm workers and the European songs of immigrant lumber workers in the Midwest.