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001 2002013897
003 DLC
005 20030416144618.0
008 020829s2003 maua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2002013897
020 $a1558493735 (hbk.)
020 $a1558493832 (pbk.)
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050 00 $aE185.6$b.D5 2003
082 00 $a305.896/073/009043$221
100 1 $aDinerstein, Joel,$d1958-
245 10 $aSwinging the machine :$bmodernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars /$cJoel Dinerstein.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$cc2003.
300 $axiii, 415 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction, 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.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xMusic$y20th century.
650 0 $aSwing (Music)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican American dance$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSwing (Dance)$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xCivilization$xAfrican American influences.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in popular culture.
650 0 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.