The author explodes abolitionist myths and confronts northern prejudices more completely than in any of his other works. He grounds his arguments in Scripture and history and cares not a whit about the modernists' two greatest evils--insensitivity and dogmatism.
#3896989 in Books Kent State Univ Pr 2004-05-20Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x .93 x 6.12l; 1.27 #File Name: 0873387945248 pages
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Drawing important connections between themes; immigrant group concerns; and how immigrants expressed themselvesBy Midwest Book ReviewNine key immigrant groups from Irish and Eastern Europeans to Chinese and Mexicans responded to their new lives in America through music; expressing the sorrow of leaving homeland and loved ones and the troubles experienced in fitting into a new society. Historian Victor Greene's A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World And New; 1830-1930 surveys the music associated with these immigrants; drawing important connections between themes; immigrant group concerns; and how immigrants expressed themselves. From common sentiments to differing musical approaches; A Singing Ambivalence holds college-level information and insights suitable not just for music libraries; but for collections strong in immigrant issues and American history.
