Item #008033 The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America. Burton W. Peretti.

The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. Paperback. Illini Books edition. xii, [2], 277, [7] p.: illustrations, tables; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the series Music in American Life and the series Blacks in the New World. List of titles in both series are on the final 7 unpaginated pages. The author places "the creation of jazz within the great contexts of American culture -- urbanization, race relations, individual development, professionalization, and capitalism -- to synthesize the work and testimony of musicians and writers whom the academy has largely disregarded and to initiate new paths of inquiry in jazz historiography." -- Introduction. In Very Good- Condition: former owner's name on series title page; lacking lower corner of dedication page; underlining in red ink on p. 41; occasional marginal ink marks; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #008033
ISBN: 0252064216

Price: $12.50

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