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1	The Voices That Are Gone: Themes in Nineteenth-Century American Popular Song more books like this by Jon W Finson add to wishlist Jon Finson views the mores and values of 19th-century Americans as they appear in their popular songs. Presenting a guided tour of topically arranged, select songs, he points out the most important landmarks, as well as lesser sights that provide colour and context, and obscure but treasurable parts of the scenery previously overlooked. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Songs of the Civil War more books like this by Irwin Silber (Editor) add to wishlist Collection of 125 songs includes an historical introduction, illustrations, scores for easy piano, guitar chords, plus all the verses. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $11.27! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Way to Tin Pan Alley: American Popular Song, 1866-1920 more books like this by Nicholas E Tawa add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
4	Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-1880 more books like this by Julie Roy Jeffrey add to wishlist The classic history of women on America's frontiers, now updated and thoroughly revised. FRONTIER WOMEN is an imaginative and graceful account of the extraordinarily diverse contributions of women to the development of the American frontier. Author Julie Roy Jeffrey has expanded her original analysis to include the perspectives of African American ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895 more books like this by Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff add to wishlist This title presents a landmark exploration of one of the defining periods in American culture and African American popular music. The late 19th century was a time of extreme racial tension in the United States, yet it witnessed the emergence of ragtime and birth of an African American popular entertainment industry. Drawing on meticulous research ... see all copies from $48.00! new only from $48.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Flashes of merriment; a century of humorous songs in America, 1805-1905 more books like this by Lester S. Levy add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
7	Sounds of the Metropolis: The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris and Vienna more books like this by Derek B Scott add to wishlist The phrase "popular music revolution" may instantly bring to mind such twentieth-century musical movements as jazz and rock 'n' roll. In Sounds of the Metropolis, however, Derek Scott argues that the first popular music revolution actually occurred in the nineteenth century, illustrating how a distinct group of popular styles first began to ... see all copies from $23.11! new only from $33.46! \| first editions
8	35 Song Hits by Great Black Songwriters: Bert Williams, Eubie Blake, Ernest Hogan and Others more books like this by David A Jasen (Editor) add to wishlist Ballads, show tunes, and other works written by black songwriters from 1895 to 1921: "Some of These Days," "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," "The Harbor of Lost Dreams," and other classics. see all copies from $7.25! new only from $8.09!
9	Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy more books like this by Hans Nathan add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! signed copies \| first editions
10	American Notes: Rudyard Kipling's West more books like this by Rudyard Kipling, Arrell Morgan Gibson (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.95! \| first editions
11	Broadway Musicals Show by Show 1891-1916 more books like this by Stanley Green, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (Creator) add to wishlist 33 classics from shows such as Robin Hood, Florodora, Babes in Toyland, The Merry Widow, and more. Songs include: After the Ball * The Bowery * Give My Regards to Broadway * I Love You So! (The Merry Widow Waltz) * The Isle of Our Dreams * Kiss Me Again * March of the Toys * Mary's a Grand Old Name * My Hero * Simple Melody * Streets of New York * ... see all copies from $5.41! new only from $13.99! \| SVS
12	Songs of the 1890's: The Decade Series more books like this by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation add to wishlist Featuring sheet music for over 50 songs from the famous decade, including: 'After The Ball, ' 'Asleep In The Deep, ' 'The Band Played On, ' and many more. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $7.32! \| SVS
13	Irish-American history of the United States more books like this by O'Hanlon add to wishlist This two-volume work offers an unusual perspective on American history. First published in 1902, it was aimed at Irish readers both in Ireland and in the United States and provides a uniquely Irish perspective on American history. Two-thirds of all Irish emigrants went to the United States, and John O'Hanlon's intention was to record the ... see all copies from $8.00! first editions
14	American popular music: the growing years, 1800-1900. more books like this by Berenice Robinson Morris add to wishlist A brief look at the music of nineteenth-century America showing how it reflects the history of a growing nation. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15	The commerce clause under Marshall, Taney and Waite more books like this by Felix Frankfurter add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! first editions
16	Covered Wagon Women, 1840-1849 Vol. 1: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails, 1840-1849 more books like this by Kenneth L. Holmes (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.98! new only from $13.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
17	America Sings! more books like this by Jerry Silverman add to wishlist America is clearly a land of song! In this fine collection, prolific Mel Bay author Jerry Silverman explores the dusty archives of songdom to rediscover golden treasures of bygone days. The book offers over 50 captivating American songs loosely classified as related to Home, Home Runs, and Heartbreak. All selections are arranged for piano and ... see all copies from $2.50! SVS
18 view cover	British & American Victorian Vocal Varieties more books like this by Jerry Silverman add to wishlist This collection includes a large dose of sentimentality and pathos intermingled with irreverent humor and lighthearted gaiety, the sparkle of the British music hall, the brilliance of Gilbert and Sullivan, the sweet simplicity of Stephen Foster, and more. see all copies from $10.44! new only from $13.80!
19 view cover	The Singing Bourgeois: Songs of the Victorian Drawing Room and Parlour more books like this by Derek B Scott add to wishlist First published in 1989, "The Singing Bourgeois" challenges the myth that the "Victorian parlour song" was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that influenced the songs performed in middle class homes during the 19th century, from the assimilation of Celtic and Afro-American culture by songwriters, ... see all copies from $99.80! new only from $99.82!
20	MR Punch in Tasmania: Colonial Politics in Cartoons, 1866-1879 more books like this by Clifford Craig add to wishlist see all copies from $71.28! signed copies \| first editions
21	Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual as Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s more books like this by Peter J Frederick add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	Collected Songs more books like this by David Braham add to wishlist see all copies from $150.53! new only from $150.53!
23	History of the town of Bristol, New Hampshire more books like this by Richard W. Musgrove add to wishlist see all copies from $75.00!
24 view cover	Riot & Revelry in Early Amer. - CL more books like this by William Pencak (Editor), Matthew Dennis (Editor), Simon P Newman (Editor) add to wishlist Riot and revelry have been mainstays of British and European history writing for more than a generation, but they have had a more checkered influence on American scholarship. Despite considerable attention from "new-left" historians during the 1970s and early 1980s, and more recently from cultural and "public sphere" historians in the mid-1990s, ... see all copies from $123.08! new only from $123.08!
25	On the road : journeys of a tramping printer. more books like this by J W. Rounsfell add to wishlist see all copies from $4.97! new only from $36.09! \| first editions

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	High-Minded and Low-Down: Music in the Lives of Americans, 1800-1861 by Nicholas E Tawa see all from $2.72! new only from $6.98!
	Broadway Musicals Show by Show 1930-1939 by Stanley Green, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (Creator) see all from $2.97! new only from $6.98!
	Poems and Songs of the Civil War by Lois Hill (Editor) see all from $1.99! new only from $4.95!
	Women of the West by Cathy Luchetti see all from $1.99! new only from $6.99!
	The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933 by Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. see all from $1.99! new only from $7.71!
	Rythm Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South by Stanley Booth see all from $1.99! new only from $12.60!