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Music: styles & genres

Hardcover. A definitive study of the most important decade in post-World War II popular music history Series: Tracking Pop. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472116379
ISBN
9780472116379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97

Hardcover. Studies the development of New Orleans jazz and its effect on jazz history. This title provides the story of how New Orleans jazz came to be recognizable as a discrete style and how that recognition affected the writing of American jazz history. It traces the conceptualization of jazz history derived from "Jazzmen" to its refuge in New Orleans. Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; AVGJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472116751
ISBN
9780472116751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.99

Paperback. In 1969 and 1970, the first Ann Arbor Blues Festivals brought together the greatest-ever selection of blues performers - an enormous blues party that seemed to feature every big name in the world of blues. Featuring thousands of photographs from these festivals, this title captures these legendary performances onstage and the goings-on backstage. Num Pages: 144 pages, 125 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; ASZP; AVGK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472116959
ISBN
9780472116959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.94

Hardcover. The first scholarly account of the music and culture of collegiate a cappella Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 musical examples, 7 halftones, 3 figures. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118250
ISBN
9780472118250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.46

Hardcover. An ethnography of music and dance exploring the economic, social, and ideological constraints under which social classes and racial groups interact Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD; AVA; AVGP; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118489
ISBN
9780472118489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.43

Hardcover. The first book-length study of one of the most essential elements of hip-hop: musical borrowing Series: Tracking Pop S. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118922
ISBN
9780472118922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.62

Hardcover. Tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-20th century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Amy Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both classical and vernacular performers, from the American South to Chicago during the 1930s-50s. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; AVG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119172
ISBN
9780472119172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.58

Paperback. This text explains why Elvis Presley is an enduring image in American popular culture. It demonstrates the power of pictures in visual culture and reveals much about American attitudes toward religion, sex, race and celebrity, and the construction of American identity in the late 20th century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 67 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613373
ISBN
9780700613373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Paperback. Celebrates hip-hop and confronts the cult of authenticity that defines its essential character. Deftly balancing an insider's love of the culture with a scholar's detached critique, the author traces hip-hop's rise as a cultural juggernaut and challenges widely held notions that hip-hop is socially dangerous - to black youth in particular. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
60219th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616510
ISBN
9780700616510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.78

Paperback. Reveals how the new technologies of mass culture--the phonograph, radio, and film played a key role in accelerating the diffusion of jazz as a modernist art form across the nation's racial divide. Focuses on four cities--New Orleans, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles--to show how each city produced a distinctive style of jazz." Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700618897
ISBN
9780700618897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99

Hardcover. The only book-length study to document the history, meanings, impact, and place of "West Side Story" in American film history and film studies. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 232 pages, , black & white halftones, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVGM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619214
ISBN
9780700619214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.56

Paperback. African American Music Trails of Eastern North Carolina Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; AVGJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469610795
ISBN
9781469610795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.27

paperback. Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War Series: Civil War America (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVC; AVGP; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University North Carolina Pr United States
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9781469613673
ISBN
9781469613673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.98

Paperback. Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America s Most Famous Opera" Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; AVGC9; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469617534
ISBN
9781469617534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: AVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793530380
ISBN
9780793530380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780793598281
ISBN
9780793598281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC9; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485893
ISBN
9780801485893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Paperback. In American music, the notion of "roots" has been a powerful refrain, but the musical traditions that constitute the US musical heritage are hotly debated. This book explores the competing musical visions of America's past that vie for influence over the public imagination. Series: Cultural Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 400 pages, 22 illustrations, notes, discography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807848623
ISBN
9780807848623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809314294
ISBN
9780809314294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.66

Paperback. Collected articles, previously published. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
409
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810127050
ISBN
9780810127050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.88