'The normal order of things' : propriety, standardisation and the making of Tin Pan Alley

This thesis employs a variegated approach that considers demographics, institutions, business practices, and dominant lyrical themes and imagery, in order to establish the pervasiveness of an ideology of propriety within early twentieth-century Tin Pan Alley and its songwriting output. The thesis pr...

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Main Author: Rafferty, Kieran Francis
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.740503