Jazz diplomacy : promoting America in the Cold War era / by Davenport, Lisa E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Battling the Reds -- Jazz diplomacy at home and abroad, 1954-1957 -- Jazz means freedom, 1957-1960 -- The paradox of jazz diplomacy, 1961-1966 -- Jazz behind the iron curtain, 1961-1966 -- Bedlam from the decadent West, 1967-1968 -- Conclusion.…”
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Fascinating rhythm : reading jazz in American writing / by Yaffe, David, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…White Negroes and native sons : Blacks and Jews in words and music -- Listening to Ellison : transgression and tradition in Ellison's jazz writings -- Stomping the muse : jazz, poetry, and the problematic muse -- Love for sale : hustling the jazz memoir.…”
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Big band jazz in black West Virginia, 1930-1942 / by Wilkinson, Christopher, 1946-

Subjects: “…Jazz West Virginia 1931-1940 History and criticism.…”
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Modern moves : dancing race during the ragtime and jazz eras / by Robinson, Danielle, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…"Marvelous, new, dirty steps" : appropriation, authenticity, and opportunity in Broadway jazz dance teaching -- Conclusion: Modern dancing, past and present.…”

Radical moves : Caribbean migrants and the politics of race in the jazz age / by Putnam, Lara

Table of Contents: “…Migrants' routes, ties, and role in empire, 1850s-1920s -- Spirits of a mobile world : Worship, protection, and threat at home and abroad, 1900s-1930s -- Alien everywhere : Immigrant exclusion and populist bargains, 1920s-1930s -- The transnational Black press and questions of the collective, 1920s-1930s -- The weekly regge : Cosmopolitan music and race-conscious moves in a "world a jazz," 1910s-1930s -- The politics of return and fractures of rule in the British Caribbean, 1930-1940.…”
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Modernist America art, music, movies, and the globalization of American culture / by Pells, Richard H.

Table of Contents: “…Modernism in Europe and America -- Painting modernity -- The globalization of American architecture -- Modernism in the marketplace -- From The rite of spring to Appalachian spring -- All that jazz -- They're writing songs of love -- "I was just making pictures" : from Charlie Chaplin to Charlie Kane -- Night and fog : from German expressionism to film noir -- The new wave abroad -- The new wave at home -- A method they couldn't refuse -- The global popularity of American movies -- Epilogue. …”
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Who should sing Ol' man river? : the lives of an American song / by Decker, Todd R.

An introduction to twentieth century music / by Hansen, Peter S.

Table of Contents: “…Music in America ; Ives: his compositions ; Style characteristics ; Ragtime and jazz ; Jazz elements in "serious" music -- 6. Experiments in music ; Noise music ; Microtonal music ; Later developments.…”

Freedom rights new perspectives on the civil rights movement /

Table of Contents: “…Frazier, Stacy Braukman -- Joan Little and the triumph of testimony / Danielle L. McGuire -- Gender, jazz, and justice in cold war freedom movements / Jacqueline Castledine -- EEOC politics and limits on Reagan's civil rights legacy / Emily Zuckerman -- Race and partisanship in criminal disfranchisement laws / Pippa Holloway -- "The community don't know what's good for them" : local politics in the Alabama black belt during the post-civil rights era / George Derek Musgrove and Hasan Kwame Jeffries -- "I want my country back, I want my dream back" : Barack Obama and the appeal of postracial fictions / Brian Ward.…”
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American Turkish Encounters : Politics and Culture, 1830-1989. by Esenbel, Selcuk

Table of Contents: “…REINTERPRETING TURKEY'S MARSHALL PLANAMERICAN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AID TO TURKEY AFTER WORLD WAR II; THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN-TURKISH ALLIANCE AND ITS IMPACT ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TURKEY FROM 1940 TO 1960; THE ONE COALITION THEY CRAVED TO JOIN; THE AMERICAN COLD WAR MILITARY PRESENCE IN TURKEY; REVISITING THE ORIGINS OF THE CYPRUS CONFLICT; CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUALINTERACTION; TRANSFERRING AMERICAN MODELS FOR EDUCATION IN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION TO TURKEY, 1950-1970; THE COLD WAR, JAZZ, AND TURKEY; TURKISH-AMERICA ON STAGE.…”
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Letters from Langston : from the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and beyond / by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Fitzgerald-Wilson-Hemingway : language and experience / by Berman, Ronald

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West of sunset : a novel / by O'Nan, Stewart, 1961-