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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz /

The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs,&qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Abbott, Lynn, 1946- (Author), Seroff, Doug (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:American made music series.
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Online Access:Texto completo