James P. Kraft
Associate Professor
Sakamaki Hall B411
(808) 956-6763
jkraft(at)hawaii.edu
[BA Texas-Austin, 1974; MA California State-Los Angeles, 1985; PhD Southern California, 1990]
U.S.:Business and Labor
Representative Publications:
Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950 (Baltimore, 1996).
"Manufacturing: Expansion, Consolidation, and Decline," The Electric Guitar: History of an American Icon (Baltimore, 2004).
"Business, Labor and Technology in America, 1890-1950," Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century Braun, ed. (Baltimore, 2003).
"Artists as Workers: Musicians and Trade Unionism in America, 1880-1917," Musical Quarterly (1995).
"Musicians in Hollywood: Work and Technological Change in Entertainment Industries, 1926-1940," Technology and Culture (1994).
"The 'Pit' Musicians: Mechanization in the Movie Theaters, 1927-1932," Labor History (1994).