{"product_id":"sound-of-history-1","title":"Sound of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging survey, part-anthology, part-social history provides a unique study of popular song. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender or harsh, fleeting or long-remembered, song has always been a vehicle for the expression of popular feeling, often as the voice of the oppressed or of those in opposition to the power fo the State. \u003cbr\u003eIt has won high praise:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magical . . . These popular songs tell us of life's pleasures and pains from the cradle to the grave, of work and play, sport and sex, loving and leaving, the town and the country . . . A book both heart-rending and heart-warming. It is Palmer's achievement to attune our ears to the sounds of the past.' Roy Porter in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243555148120,"sku":"9780571242108","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571242108.jpg?v=1777704326","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sound-of-history-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}