Popularizing the classics: Radio's role in the American music appreciation movement, 1922-34

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Vancour, Shawn ^a  

^a University of Wisconsine Madison   (United States)

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EID: 62249105096     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443708100319     Document Type: Article

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