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Following the drums : African American fife and drum music in Tennessee / John M. Shaw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaw, John M., (John Michael) 1967- author.
- Series:
- American made music series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fife and drum corps--Tennessee--History.
- Fife and drum corps.
- Fife and drum corps music--Tennessee--History and criticism.
- Fife and drum corps music.
- African American musicians--Tennessee--Interviews.
- African American musicians.
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- Music and race--United States--History.
- Music and race.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (unpaged).
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- A note on sources
- Introduction: Black fife and drum music and previous scholarhip
- "To drum for the fun of the thing": African American drumming and fife and drum music before and during the Civil War
- "The inevitable fife and drum": Fife and drum music, benevolent societies, and Black political organizing in Tennessee during Reconstruction
- "These things must have their day": Fife and drum music, benevolent societies, and Black political organizing in Tennessee
- "So important a part of the machinery": Black fife and drum music in Tennessee during Redemption
- "Nerve-torturers and wholesale dispensers of discord": Black fife and drum music in Tennessee during the nadir and segregation
- "Like a muffled, rumbling heartbeat": The rediscovery and disappearance of Black fife and drum music in Tennessee
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 17, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Shaw, John M., 1967- Following the drums
- ISBN:
- 9781496839589
- 1496839587
- 9781496839572
- 1496839579
- 9781496839565
- 1496839560
- 9781496839596
- 1496839595
- Publisher Number:
- 99991070634
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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