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University of Massachusetts Press
Language
English
Pages
415

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Subjects
African American dance, African American influences, African Americans, African Americans in popular culture, City and town life, Civilization, History, Intellectual life, Music, Popular culture, Social aspects of Technology, Swing (Dance), Swing (Music), Technology, African americans, civilization
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United States
Times
20th century

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Swinging the machine: modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars
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Table of Contents

Introduction, bodies and machines
The tempo of life is out of control, and then righted
The jazz train and American musical modernity
African American modernism and the techno-dialogic : from John Henry to Duke Ellington
Swinging the machines : big bands and streamliner trains
The standardized white girl in the pleasure machine : the Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s musicals
Tap dancers rap back at the machine
America's national folk dance : the Lindy hop
The world of tomorrow...in the groove : swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40
Conclusion: the continuing importance of swinging the machine.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
305.896/073/009043
Library of Congress
E185.6 .D5 2003, E185.6.D5 2003

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xiii, 415 p. :
Number of pages
415

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OL3556500M
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isbn_9781558493834
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1558493735, 1558493832
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2002013897
OCLC/WorldCat
50598115
Library Thing
523587
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5101834
1123810

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