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Lewis A. Erenberg

Swingin' the Dream

Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture

344 pages, 32 halftones  6 x 9  © 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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