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Swinging the machine: modernity, technology, and African American culture between the World Wars
Joel Dinerstein
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Frontmatter
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Illustrations (page ix)
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Introduction: Bodies and Machines (page 3)
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1. The Tempo of Life Is Out of Control...and Then Righted (page 29)
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2. The Jazz Train and American Musical Modernity (page 63)
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3. African American Modernism and the Techno-Dialogic: From John Henry to Duke Ellington (page 105)
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4. Swinging the Machines: Big Bands and Streamliner Trains (page 137)
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5. The Standardized White Girl in the Pleasure Machine: The Ziegfeld Follies and Busby Berkeley's 1930s Musicals (page 182)
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6. Tap Dancers Rap Back at the Machine (page 221)
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7. America's National Folk Dance: The Lindy Hop (page 250)
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8. The World of Tomorrow...in the Groove: Swinging the New York World's Fair, 1939-40 (page 283)
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Conclusion: The Continuing Importance of Swinging the Machine (page 312)
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Notes (page 325)
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Index (page 401)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 109.4 (2004): 1252-1253 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/530822 |
AQ | 56.2 (2004): 449-460 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40068203 |
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Published: c2003
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- 9781558493735 (hardcover)
- 9781558493834 (paper)