Scarecrow Press
Pages: 194
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Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-0-8108-2638-0 • Hardback • May 1993 • $87.00 • (£67.00)
Maxwell T. Cohen, Professor of Constitutional Law and Sociology, Northampton (PA) Community College, taught law and social problems and issues at both SUNY and CUNY. Cohen was awarded a plaque at the Newport Jazz Festival by the New York Jazz Museum for defending the civil rights of musicians and other performing artists. He was also cited and received an Award of Appreciation from the Society of Black Composers. Cohen's previous book, Race and Religion in Adoption Proceedings, was instrumental in the elimination of restrictive religious and racial laws in adoption and similar proceedings. He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Baws by the State University of New York and an international Commendation for his work in international Human Rights by The Center for Research in Religious and Human Rights in Closed Societies.
...an interesting story of 'Human Rights'.
— Big Bands International
...thorough and illuminating book...Cohen's meticulous landmark book on the cabaret card system documents a deplorable procedure in the 1940-1969 period during which the basic rights of large numbers of musicians were ruthlessly ignored by law enforcement...invaluable as the definitive resource on a previously unexamined aspect of the use of the drug problem to deprive a significant group of people of their rights...
— Addiction Research
...well-written and well-documented....recommended to both public and academic libraries at all levels.
— Choice Reviews
• Winner, Recipient of the 1993 Fred Waring Award