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Swingin' the dream : big band jazz and the rebirth of American culture / Lewis A. Erenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erenberg, Lewis A., 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Big band music--History and criticism.
- Big band music.
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Swinging the dream
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1998]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this well-rounded, highly personal account of jazz and its culture, Erenberg shows how a dance subculture forged in New York city in the late 1920s and early 1930s became a music genre of national proportions. 32 halftones.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. From jazz to swing, 1929-1935
- part 2. Now they call it swing, 1935-1942
- part 3. Culture noir, 1942-1954.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-293) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.
- ISBN:
- 547702
- 9780226215181
- OCLC:
- 646068303
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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