The January 2, 2012, issue of Publishers Weekly includes a review of Marion Jacobson’s forthcoming book Squeeze This! A Cultural History of the Accordion in America.

“Jacobson … traces the instrument’s impact on early 20th-century America during its vaudeville era and its recent revival over the past two decades.  Using meticulous research, Jacobson not only touches on how topics as diverse as immigration, movies, war, and feminism have influenced the accordion’s popularity, but she also finds time to drop in countless little known pop culture nuggets about great accordionists.”

Squeeze This! will be published in April 2012.  Media outlets can read an e-galley via NetGalley.