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The black musician and the white city : race and music in Chicago, 1900-1967 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Absher, Amy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2014.
Subjects:
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Music > History and criticism.
Popular music > Illinois > Chicago > History and criticism.
Popular music > Social aspects > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Music and race > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African American musicians > Illinois > Chicago.
Music trade > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
African American musicians > Labor unions > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Musicians > Labor unions > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Musicians and the segregated city : Chicago in the early 1900s-1930s
  • From south to south side : musicians in 1940s Chicago
  • Redefining the music industry : independent music in Chicago, 1948-1953
  • From south side to the south and the nation, 1954-1963
  • "The fact remains... we are negroes" : dissonance and the desegregation of Chicago's musicians' union, 1963-1967.