Date of Award
1951
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
History
Abstract
In the days when the United States of America was struggling to establish itself as a nation, the prevailing type of popular song was naturally patriotic. Walt Whitman in his article “Slang in America” observes that folk songs, like language, are not an abstract construction of the learned, bu something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has their bases broad and low, close to the ground; because the final decisions of folk songs, like those of language, are made by the masses, people nearest the concrete, having most to do with actual land and sea.
Pages
167
Recommended Citation
Anthony, A. Eugene. (1951). Campaign songs as a factor in American politics. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1152
