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'This is a highly intelligent book written by someone who has a real sense of the potential of cultural history. Gillian Mitchell's notion that the folk revival was a 'large umbrella' under which a whole multitude of different tendencies came together is absolutely to the point and is explored with deftness and vigour. The book is particularly strong in helping us understand the complex interactions of forms of nationalism and radicalism within the folk revival in the North American context and how these impulses played out. The book is also strong in developing a comparative analysis of the experience of revivalism in the United States and Canada. Not only is this good in drawing attention to the neglected Canadian experience but also the very act of comparison illuminates each of the entities being compared. Mitchell's ability to synthesise material and characterise often difficult to perceive trends in cultural movements is impressive. I thoroughly commend this very interesting, well-written and worthwhile book.' Vic Gammon, University of Newcastle, UK 'Mitchell...addresses a topic that has had scant previous attention. Moreover, her focus on national identity, including in the US, is intriguing...A valuable addition to the existing scholarship. Recommended.' Choice 'This book is a welcome read, not least for researchers of folk festivals in other regions... Mitchell's clear, non-essentialist account of a particular moment in North American music would be worthwhile reading for teachers of popular music inside and outside the region - and for their students.' Popular Music '... the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in (English-speaking) Canada... it should belong in any proper collection.' Folkword '[There is a ] high level of scholarship and critical thinking ... evident here . . a welcome addition to the literature on folk and popular music studies in twentieth-century North America.' Music and Letters 'The chapter comparing Greenwich Village with Toronto's Yorkville is a fascinating study. ... The book's great strength is in highlighting connections and disjunctions between American and Canadian revivals.' Folklore 'Mitchell makes an important contribution to the historiography of anglophone popular music in Canada...' Twentieth-Century Music

'This is a highly intelligent book written by someone who has a real sense of the potential of cultural history. Gillian Mitchell's notion that the folk revival was a 'large umbrella' under which a whole multitude of different tendencies came together is absolutely to the point and is explored with deftness and vigour. The book is particularly strong in helping us understand the complex interactions of forms of nationalism and radicalism within the folk revival in the North American context and how these impulses played out. The book is also strong in developing a comparative analysis of the experience of revivalism in the United States and Canada. Not only is this good in drawing attention to the neglected Canadian experience but also the very act of comparison illuminates each of the entities being compared. Mitchell's ability to synthesise material and characterise often difficult to perceive trends in cultural movements is impressive. I thoroughly commend this very interesting, well-written and worthwhile book.' Vic Gammon, University of Newcastle, UK 'Mitchell...addresses a topic that has had scant previous attention. Moreover, her focus on national identity, including in the US, is intriguing...A valuable addition to the existing scholarship. Recommended.' Choice 'This book is a welcome read, not least for researchers of folk festivals in other regions... Mitchell's clear, non-essentialist account of a particular moment in North American music would be worthwhile reading for teachers of popular music inside and outside the region - and for their students.' Popular Music '... the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in (English-speaking) Canada... it should belong in any proper collection.' Folkword '[There is a ] high level of scholarship and critical thinking . . . evident here . . a welcome addition to the literature on folk and popular music studies in twentieth-century North America.' Music and Letters 'The chapt

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Gillian Mitchell is Lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

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