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The banjo : America's African instrument
- Title
- The banjo : America's African instrument / Laurent Dubois.
- Author
- Dubois, Laurent, 1971-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2016].
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 16-724 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 364 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Banjo > History
- Banjo music > History and criticism
- African Americans > Music > History and criticism
- Music > United States > History and criticism
- Music > Social aspects > United States
- Banjoists > United States > History
- Minstrel shows > History
- Blackface entertainers > History
- Popular music > United States > African influences
- African Americans > Music
- Banjo
- Banjo music
- Music
- Music > Social aspects
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Sounding Africa -- The first African instrument -- Three leaves -- The sound of freedom -- The banjo meets blackface -- Rings like silver, shines like gold -- Black banjo -- Sounding America.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-724
- ISBN
- 9780674047846
- 0674047842
- LCCN
- 2015031048
- OCLC
- 918562916
- Author
- Dubois, Laurent, 1971- author.
- Title
- The banjo : America's African instrument / Laurent Dubois.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2016].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-724