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An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s "traditional jazz boom" on.

Offers an examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in their songs, in their live performances, and in various media presentations. McKay investigates such questions as how popular music works to obscure and accommodate the presence of people with disabilities in its cultural practice. He also examines how musicians have articulated the experiences of disability, or have used their cultural arena for ...

This is a comprehensive account of the largely unrecorded countercultures living outside mainstream society today. The book examines the roots of the modern youth cultures, from the 1960s' hippies to the 1970s' punks, and answers questions posed by these underground movements.

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RADICAL GARDENING traces strands of idealism, rebellion, political action and social criticism in the garden both historically and today.

A collection of essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporary manifestations.

A brilliant collection of essays on popular music festival culture as a whole, from its origins to a wide range of contemporary manifestations"--Provided by publisher.

The collapse of communism has opened up Russia and East-Central Europe to outside influences and enabled new lifestyle choices and forms of religious expression. Based on extensive ethnographic research, this collection uses a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodologies to examine some of the many subcultures and new religious movements that have emerged as part of this process, from members of utopian eco-communities, native-languag...

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The book provides an unparalleled insight into the Waterway and Town of Milford Haven and gives a glimpse of the streets of the town and the people who lived there, at work and leisure. Many of these photographs are in print for the first time and will provide much nostalgic pleasure for many.

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Excerpt from Elements of Scientific and Practical Agriculture: Adapted to the Requirements of Schools and the Agricultural Public Much absolute novelty, except in the mode of exposition, cannot now be expected in a work on the Elements of Scientific and Practical Agriculture. Some of the matter, however, the author thinks, is entirely new, while others are for the first time systematically arranged, clearly developed, and fully explained in f...

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An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s 'traditional jazz boom' onwards

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