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Folk Music and the New Left in the Sixties

Cain, Michael Scott
Folk Music and the New Left in the Sixties
Artists have often provided the earliest demonstrations of ethical examination in response to political events. This work explores the relationship between the cultural and political ideologies of the 1960s and the growing folk music movement, with a focus on musicians Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Carolyn Hester and Bob Dylan.

CHF 67.00

Damon Runyon's Boys

Cain, Michael Scott
Damon Runyon's Boys
DAMON RUNYON'S BOYSNew York City. 1948. Damon Taylor, lead reporter for Crime Weekly, has returned from the war with a new-found cynicism. Writing is just a way to earn a living. When the leader of a swing dance group is murdered in plain sight at the Savoy Ballroom, Taylor is assigned the story. He may have been trained by the great newspaperman, Damon Runyon, but it's just a story to him.But as he covers the shooting, Taylor encounters a you...

CHF 22.50

The Americana Revolution

Cain, Michael Scott
The Americana Revolution
Americana is a music that defies definition. It is not rock, although it encompasses rock. It isn't folk, but folk is there. It isn't Celtic, but is woven with Celtic threads. It is a blend of forms, music that draws on a wide range of influences. Gathering these many genres together, Americana music continually reinvents itself and actively tells its own story of its origins and its future. The Americana Revolution: From Country and Blues Roo...

CHF 73.00

The Community College in the Twenty-first Century

Cain, Michael Scott
The Community College in the Twenty-first Century
The Community College in the Twenty-First Century demonstrates that, while it is the most important institution in higher education, the community college is losing its way. The recent success of two year colleges has hidden the varied reasons for this loss of direction and energy. Michael Scott Cain uses a systems approach, rather than the typical linear perspective, to expose the weaknesses present in community colleges. He then discusses th...

CHF 95.00