Victory through harmony the BBC and popular music in World War II / [electronic resource]
Christina L. Baade.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- viii, 275 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Uplift, dance music, and the BBC in interwar Britain -- "In tempore belli" : popular music for morale in the phony war -- Music while you work : discipline, dance music, and workers in wartime -- Between blitzkrieg and call-up : BBC dancing club, masculinity, and the dance band scheme -- Radio rhythm club : race, authenticity, and the British swing boom -- Sincerely yours : the trouble with sentimentality and the ban on crooners -- Calling the British forces in Malta : broadcasting femininity abroad and at home -- "Invasion year" : Americans in Britain, americanization, and the dance -- Music backlash.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
British Broadcasting Corporation--History.
Radio and music--Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war. Popular music--History and criticism.--Great Britain--1941-1950