Wholesale 33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs

33 revolutions per minute: a history of protest songs, from billie holiday to green day. A comprehensive and page turning history of the songs that have shaped activism and transformed the world over the last hundred years. Protest songs have been a kind of love child between politics and pop music, and these songs have served as tools for social change throughout the past century. This detailed and thoroughly researched history considers songs from artist ranging from Woodie Guthrie and Bob Dylan to Public Enemy and the Clash to show pop music at its most socially relevant. This book goes in detail to cover 33 songs from seven decades and five continents to show how protest music addresses injustice and educates listeners to make change. **(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)