Swingin' the Dream
Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture
344 pages, 32 halftones 6 x 9
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1998
Cloth $28.00
ISBN: 9780226215167
Published May 1998
Paper $27.00
ISBN: 9780226215174
Published October 1999
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 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 Notes Index
Awards
- Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Awards
Honorable Mention
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