Archie Green : The Making of a Working-Class Hero.
by
 
Burns, Sean.

Title
Archie Green : The Making of a Working-Class Hero.

Author
Burns, Sean.

ISBN
9780252093630

Personal Author
Burns, Sean.

Physical Description
1 online resource (233 pages)

Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Worker, Scholar, and Organizer -- Part 1. Of Shreds and Patches: Early Political Formation -- Chapter 1. Family, Revolution, and Emigration -- Chapter 2. Boyle Heights in the 1920s -- Chapter 3. Student Politics and Labor in the Thirties -- Part 2. Triangle of Commitments: San Francisco Maritime Politics of the Thirties -- Chapter 4. From Berkeley Stacks to Stake-Side Trucks -- Chapter 5. "Brother Slugging Brother": Sailors, Longshoremen, and Legacies of the '34 Strike -- Chapter 6. Harry Bridges and Reconsiderations of Communist Party History -- Chapter 7. Union Service and Organizing World War II Veterans -- Part 3. A Decent Philosophy: Culture, Politics and the American Folk Revivalism -- Chapter 8. Folk Music and the American Communist Party -- Chapter 9. Moments in the Making of a Laborlorist -- Chapter 10. Vernacular Music and Cultural Pluralism -- Part 4. "Always on Stolen Time": Folklore, Labor History, and Cultural Studies -- Chapter 11. Alternative Popular Front Imaginary -- Chapter 12. New Labor History and American Cultural Studies -- Chapter 13. Laborlore: A Pedagogy of the Working Class -- Epilogue: A Conversation with Archie -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Abstract
Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century. Devoted to understanding the diverse cultural customs of working people, Archie Green (1917-2009) tirelessly documented these traditions and educated the public about the place of workers' culture and music in American life. Doggedly lobbying Congress for support of the American Folklife Preservation Act of 1976, Green helped establish the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Archive of Folk Culture._x000B_Capturing the many dimensions of Green's remarkably influential life and work, Sean Burns examines the intersections of radicalism, folklore, labor history, and worker culture. Burns closely analyzes Green's political genealogy and activist trajectory while illustrating how he worked to open up an independent political space on the American Left that was defined by an unwavering commitment to cultural pluralism.

Local Note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term
Folklore -- United States.
 
Folklorists -- United States -- Biography.
 
Green, Archie.
 
Labor unions -- United States -- Folklore.
 
United States -- Social life and customs.
 
Working class -- United States -- Folklore.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Spitzer, Nick.
 
Roediger, David.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1328429-1001GR55 .G693 -- B87 2011 EBEbrary E-Books