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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 46 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Tanya Eby. |
| Summary |
What is the soundtrack for a nuclear arms race? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of the world-changing events that documentaries and history books cannot. In Atomic Tunes, Tim and Joanna Smolko explore everything from the serious to the comical, the morbid to the crude, showing the widespread concern among musicians who were trying to cope with the effect of communism on American society and the consequences of a potential nuclear conflict of global proportions. Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, offering insight into the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Cold War -- Music and the war.
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Popular music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Popular music -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Smolko, Joanna R., author.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666123234 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666123234 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14059001 |
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