Jazz in the Hill : nightlife and narratives of a Pittsburgh neighborhood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harper, Colter, 1978- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2024]
Series:	American made music series.
Subjects:	Jazz > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History and criticism. Jazz > Social aspects > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century. African American jazz musicians > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social life and customs > 20th century. African American jazz musicians > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social conditions > 20th century. Nightclubs > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > History > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > Social life and customs > 20th century. Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.) > Race relations. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction: Jazz, nightlife, and the Hill District
part I. Dangerous ground : Black and tan clubs, vice, and prohibition (1920-1934): Racial and sexual politics of Black and tan nightlife ; Claiming a place for jazz : the Collins and Paramount Inns
part II. Pittsburgh's renaissance and jazz's golden age (1945-1968): Competing visions of modernity ; Life in the jazz house : the Crawford Grill no. 2 and Hurricane Bar
part III. The paradox of progress : jazz as Black musical labor (1908-1977): Civil rights and Musicians Union ; Challenging discrimination, resisting merger
part IV. Jazz and the community archive (1968-2024): Hill nightlife in the wake of 1968 ; The community archive in practice
Epilogue: To honor and repair.