Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0226215172
- ISBN-13
- 9780226215174
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Lewis A. Erenberg
Description
Explores the cultural meaning of swing music to the people of the United States as they struggled through the Depression and World War II.
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