Our musicals, ourselves : a social history of the American musical theater / John Bush Jones.

Author: Jones, John Bush.

Imprint:Hanover : Brandeis University Press, published by University Press of New England, c2003.

Descriptionxiii, 411 p. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-390) and index.

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