Format:
XIII, 198 S.
ISBN:
9780252033384
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9780252075452 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index
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Introduction : uncovering the life of a blues woman -- Beyond the contraband camps : black Chattanooga from the Civil War to 1880 -- "The freest town on the map" : black migration to new south Chattanooga -- The empress's playground : Bessie Smith and black childhood in the urban South -- Life on "Big Ninth" Street : the emerging blues culture in Chattanooga -- An empress in vaudeville : Bessie Smith on the theater circuit
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Smith, Bessie 1894-1937
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Blues
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Geschichte
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Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1860-1940
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Biografie
