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Swingin' the dream : big band jazz and the rebirth of American culture
- Title
- Swingin' the dream : big band jazz and the rebirth of American culture / Lewis A. Erenberg.
- Author
- Erenberg, Lewis A., 1944-
- Publication
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [1998], ©1998.
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- Description
- xxi, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Swinging the dream
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. From Jazz to Swing, 1929-1935. 1. Just One More Chance: The Fall of the Jazz Age and the Rise of Swing, 1929-1935 -- Pt. 2. Now they Call it Swing, 1935-1942. 2. The Crowd Goes Wild: The Youth Culture of Swing. 3. Swing Is Here: Benny Goodman and the Triumph of American Music. 4. News from the Great Wide World: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and Black Swing Bands. 5. Swing Left: The Politics of Race and Culture in the Swing Era. 6. The City of Swing: New York and the Dance Band Business in Black and White -- Pt. 3. Culture Noir, 1942-1954. 7. Swing Goes to War: Glenn Miller and the Popular Music of World War II. 8. The War in Jazz. 9. Coda and Conclusion: Red Scares and Head Scares.
- ISBN
- 0226215164 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 97039135
- OCLC
- 37878677
- ocm37878677
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries