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Cover of: The blues by Elijah Wald
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Cover of: The blues by Elijah Wald

The blues
a very short introduction
Elijah Wald

Published 2010 by Oxford University Press in New York .
Written in English.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations xi
Introduction: What is Blues? 1
Part I A Short History of Blues 0
1 Roots of the Blues 11
2 Pre-War Blues 21
3 Modern Blues 47
Part II Blues in American Culture 79
4 Blues and Jazz 81
5 Blues and Country Music 95
6 The Language and the Poetry of the Blues 111
References 125
Further reading 128
Index 131

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Very short introductions
Copyright Date
2010

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.643
Library of Congress
ML3521 .W33 2010

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xi, 140 p.
Number of pages
152

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24099622M
ISBN 10
0195398939
ISBN 13
9780195398939
LC Control Number
2010010475
OCLC/WorldCat
500794417

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History Created March 18, 2010 · 7 revisions
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April 28, 2011 Edited by OCLC Bot Added OCLC numbers.
December 5, 2010 Edited by 90.229.152.123 Edited without comment.
December 5, 2010 Edited by 90.229.152.123 Edited without comment.
December 5, 2010 Edited by 90.229.152.123 Added new cover
March 18, 2010 Created by ImportBot Initial record created, from Library of Congress MARC record.