Music Since 1900: Music and Protest in 1968 (Hardcover)

Music was integral to the profound cultural, social and political changes that swept the globe in 1968.

This collection of essays offers new perspectives on the role that music played in the events of that year, which included protests against the ongoing Vietnam War, the May riots in France and the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

From underground folk music in Japan to antiauthoritarian music in Scandinavia and Germany, Music' s key role as a means of socio- political dissent not just in the US and the UK but in Asia, North and South America, Europe and Africa.