Editors:
- Explores the history of reggae in modern Britain, from the time it emerged as a cultural force in the 1970s
- Asseses how reggae’s influence permeated the wider culture, informing the sounds and the language of popular music whilst also retaining a connection to street-level sound systems
- Traces reggae’s importance to both the culture and the politics of late twentieth and early twenty-first century Britain
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music (PSHSPM)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Human and Social Sciences, University of West London, London, UK
William 'Lez' Henry
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University of Reading, Reading, UK
Matthew Worley
About the editors
Matt Worley is Professor of Modern History at the University of Reading, UK and a co-founder of the Subcultures Network.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Narratives from Beyond the UK Reggae Bassline
Book Subtitle: The System is Sound
Editors: William 'Lez' Henry, Matthew Worley
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures and Popular Music
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55161-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55160-5Published: 26 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55163-6Published: 27 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55161-2Published: 25 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2730-9517
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 320
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History, Cultural History, Social History, Music