Tango! : the dance, the song, the story / Simon Collier [and others] ; special photography by Ken Haas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Collier, Simon.

Haas, Ken.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tango (Dance)--Argentina--History.

Tango (Dance).

Tango (Dance)--History.

History.

Tango (Dance)--Pictorial works.

Argentina.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Edition:

[First paperback edition].

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Thames & Hudson, [1997]

Summary:

Born in the slums of Buenos Aires in the last decades of the 19th century, the tango has remained spectacularly alive for over 100 years and today is the focus of a new cult. What is the secret of the tango's appeal? Historian Simon Collier traces the tango's roots in Argentina and charts its rise from the brothels of Buenos Aires to become the quintessential expressions of Argentine popular culture. 250 illus. 75 in color.

Contents:

The tango is born: 1880s-1920s

Tangomania in Europe and North America: 1913-1914

The golden age and after: 1920s-1990s

The lasting tango.

Notes:

"First published in hardcover in the United States of America in 1995 by Thomas & Hudson Inc. ... First paperback edition 1997."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205) and index.

Includes discography (pages 199-200).

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is 2002 reprint of first paperback edition.

ISBN:

0500279799 :

9780500279793

OCLC:

37956974