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Blues people : Negro music in white America  Cover Image Book Book

Blues people : Negro music in white America / LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka).

Summary:

Examines the history of the Negro in America through the music he created.

Record details

  • ISBN: 068818474X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780688184742 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xii, 244 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Perennial, 2002, c1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The Negro as non-American : some backgrounds -- The Negro as property -- African slaves, American slaves : their music -- Afro-Christian music and religion -- Slave and post-slave -- Primitive blues and primitive jazz -- Classic blues -- The city -- Enter the middle class -- Swing, from verb to noun -- The blues continuum -- The modern scene.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
Donation ; 2007/06.
Subject: Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Jazz > History and criticism.
African Americans.
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design ML3556 .B16 2002 (Text) 30237549 Book Volume hold Available -


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