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  • Depression Folk

    Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America

    by Ronald D. Cohen ...
    While music lovers and music historians alike understand that folk music played an increasingly pivotal role in American labor and politics during the economic and social tumult of the Great Depression, how did this relationship come to be? Ronald D. Cohen sheds new light on the complex cultural history of folk music in America, detailing the musicians, government agencies, and record companies ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Folk Music: The Basics

    by Ronald Cohen ...
    Series series The Basics
    Folk Music: The**Basics gives a brief introduction to British and American folk music. Drawing upon the most recent and relevant scholarship, it will focus on comparing and contrasting the historical nature of the three aspects of understanding folk music: traditional, local performers; professional collectors; and the advent of professional performers in the twentieth century during the so-called ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Impact

    Reshaping Capitalism to Drive Real Change

    by Sir Ronald Cohen ...
    Changing the world and making a profit can go hand in hand.The Bestselling Business BookThe Financial Times Best Economics Books of 2020Updated with a new chapter"A Must Read Book From The Godfather Of Impact Investing" - Forbes"a powerful case for a movement that is gaining traction in society" - Andrew Jack, The Financial Times'[IMPACT's] a... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Children of the Mill

    Schooling and Society in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1960

    by Ronald D. Cohen ...
    Series series Studies in the History of Education
    Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906, and was part of the US Steel Corporation's plan to build the world's largest steel mill. The city's school system became world-famous as a progressive educational experiment until the 1930s when a changing political and economic climate led to an erosion of the system, which faced a serious overcrowding crisis in the 1950s. Blending social and intellectual ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Singing for Peace

    Antiwar Songs in American History

    by Ronald D Cohen, Will Kaufman ...
    Wars have dominated the history of the United States since its founding, but there has also been a long history of antiwar activity. Peace songs have emerged out of every military conflict involving the United States. "Singing for Peace" vividly portrays this rich antiwar history, beginning in the eighteenth century and continuing into the twenty-first.Most of the twentieth-century output was ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • The Neuropsychology of Attention

    by Ronald A. Cohen ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    As you read this, you are probably unaware of how your left foot feels in your shoe. Although your brain was receiving sensory input from this foot, you were not aware of your foot because you were reading and not attending to it. However, this discussion led you to move your attention to your left foot and to become aware of it. When I was a medical student, I saw a patient who was unaware of ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • The Neuropsychology of Attention

    by Ronald A. Cohen ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    It has been 15 years since the original publication of Neuropsychology of Attention. At the time of its publication, attention was a construct that had long been of theoretical interest in the field of psychology and was receiving increased research by cognitive scientists. Yet, attention was typically viewed as a nuisance variable; a factor that needed to be accounted for when assessing brain ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Impact

    by Sir Ronald Cohen ...
    WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN?Capitalism and democracy are under growing strain, and outdated solutions can no longer meet today’s global challenges. The world needs a new approach—one that unites profit and purpose to build a fairer, more sustainable world.Welcome to the Impact Revolution.In this updated second edition, Sir Ronald Cohen—pioneering investor, philanthropist, and ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Impact

    A Guide to the Impact Revolution

    by Sir Ronald Cohen ...
    WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT TO LIVE IN?That’s the question confronting society today.The world is beset by disquiet and uncertainty, and its inhabitants are frozen into inaction. Yet there is a powerful solution within reach: Impact.Envision a world where inequality is shrinking. Where natural resources are regenerated, and people can unlock their full potential and benefit from shared ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Woody Guthrie

    Writing America's Songs

    by Ronald D. Cohen ...
    Series series Routledge Historical Americans
    Woody Guthrie is the most famous and influential folk music composer and performer in the history of the United States. His most popular song, "This Land is Your Land" has become the country's unofficial national anthem, known to every school child since the 1960s. His influence exceeded the realm of American music, reaching American politics. Guthrie’s music became the soundtrack to the Great ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Selling Folk Music

    An Illustrated History

    by Ronald D. Cohen, David Bonner ...
    Series series American Made Music Series
    Selling Folk Music: An Illustrated History highlights commercial sources that reveal how folk music has been packaged and sold to a broad, shifting audience in the United States. Folk music has a varied and complex scope and lineage, including the blues, minstrel tunes, Victorian parlor songs, spirituals and gospel tunes, country and western songs, sea shanties, labor and political songs, calypsos ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Sing My Whole Life Long

    Jenny Vincent's Life in Folk Music and Activism

    by Craig Smith, Nichols John ...
    Series series Counterculture Series
    Born in Minnesota and raised in Chicago, Jenny Vincent was educated at a progressive private school and Vassar College. Introduced to international folk music at an early age, she remains a performer and champion of this music of the people.In 1936, Jenny and her first husband visited northern New Mexico at the invitation of D. H. Lawrence's widow. Enchanted with the place and its people, they ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD