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  • Staging Tradition

    John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott

    Series series Music in American Life
    Based on extensive archival research and oral history, Staging Tradition traces the parallel careers of the creators of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance and the National Folk Festival. Through their devotion to the staging of traditional culture, including folk, country, and bluegrass music, John Lair (1894-1985) and Sarah Gertrude Knott (1895-1984) became two of the mid-twentieth century's most ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Great Smoky Mountains Folklife

    The Great Smoky Mountains, at the border of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, are among the highest peaks of the southern Appalachian chain. Although this area shares much with the cultural traditions of all southern Appalachia, the folklife here has been uniquely shaped by historical events, including the Cherokee Removal of the 1830s and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountain ... Leer más

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  • Great Smoky Mountains Folklife

    The Great Smoky Mountains, at the border of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, are among the highest peaks of the southern Appalachian chain. Although this area shares much with the cultural traditions of all southern Appalachia, the folklife here has been uniquely shaped by historical events, including the Cherokee Removal of the 1830s and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountain ... Leer más

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    Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow

    Series Libro 15 - Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
    A history of independent African American settlements in Texas during the Jim Crow era, featuring historical and contemporary photographs.In the decades following the Civil War, nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory—they got their own land. While other ex-slaves and many poor whites became trapped in the exploitative sharecropping system, these independence-seeking ... Leer más

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  • When Women Invented Television

    The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

    "Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose," a biography of four female television pioneers (Nathalia Holt, New York Times– bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls ).It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When telev... ... Leer más

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  • Native Seattle

    Histories from the Crossing-Over Place

    de Coll Thrush ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award in History/BiographyThis updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context. Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of ... Leer más

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  • Black Wall Street

    From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District

    Early in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa- the "Greenwood District"- became a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center. Frequently referred to as "The Black Wall Street of America," the Greenwood District attracted pioneers from all over America who sought new opportunities and fresh challenges. Legal segregation forced blacks to do business among themselves. The Greenwood ... Leer más

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  • Country Music USA

    50th Anniversary Edition

    “Fifty years after its first publication, Country Music USA still stands as the most authoritative history of this uniquely American art form. Here are the stories of the people who made country music into such an integral part of our nation’s culture. We feel lucky to have had Bill Malone as an indispensable guide in making our PBS documentary; you should, too.”—Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, ... Leer más

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  • Indian Blues

    American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1879–1934

    Series Libro 3 - New Directions in Native American Studies Series
    From the late nineteenth century through the 1920s, the U.S. government sought to control practices of music on reservations and in Indian boarding schools. At the same time, Native singers, dancers, and musicians created new opportunities through musical performance to resist and manipulate those same policy initiatives. Why did the practice of music generate fear among government officials and ... Leer más

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  • Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams

    The Story of Black Hollywood

    de Donald Bogle ...
    In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them.Through interviews and the personal recollections of Hollywood luminaries, ... Leer más

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  • The Making of America's Culture Regions

    This outstanding text provides students with the essential foundation in the historical geography of the United States. Distinguished scholar Richard L. Nostrand skillfully synthesizes decades of historical geography research in an engaging and thought-provoking overview. His regional geography framework emphasizes the three themes central to cultural geography—cultural ecology, cultural diffusion ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD