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ISBN
9780807828465
Publication Year
2004
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Music and the Making of a New South
Author
Gavin James Campbell
Item Length
9in
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Genre
Music, History, Social Science
Topic
History & Criticism, United States / 20th Century, Gender Studies, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
2 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Campbell focuses on three popular musical institutions in Atlanta at the height of the Jim Crow era: the annual visit of the Metropolitan Opera, the Colored Music Festival, and the Georgia Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, demonstrating how music addressed Atlantans' class anxieties and affirmed the segregationist impulse.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807828467
ISBN-13
9780807828465
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30407582

Product Key Features

Book Title
Music and the Making of a New South
Author
Gavin James Campbell
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, United States / 20th Century, Gender Studies, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Music, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
2003016295[mL]
Reviews
A Fresh Perspective to a Familiar Subject. . . . Eloquently Written . Georgia Historical Quarterly, "Written with flair, as well as scholarly insight, Campbell's narrative is admirably composed and should inspire further reflection on the ways that music, and culture, organize identity."-- American Historical Review, "A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." —Journal of Southern History, "As a cultural study of the middle class in urban Atlanta, Campell's book is interesting and well written."-- Gulf South Historical Review, Music and the Making of a New South offers illuminating and occasionally amusing accounts of three distinctly different musical events held annually in Atlanta between 1909 and 1925. . . . Music and the Making of a New South is an appealing and important contribution to our understanding of southern history. . . . The uses that we make of the arts, apparently, say a lot about our hearts.-- North Carolina Historical Review, Campbell's writing is colorful. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining.-- Journal of American Folklore, "A Fresh Perspective to a Familiar Subject. . . . Eloquently Written." —Georgia Historical Quarterly, "A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." -Journal of Southern History, "Campbell's writing is colorful and light on jargon. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining. . . . Being easy to read and not very long, it would make a nice entry in course syllabi. Other scholars studying how the tensions that Campbell explores for Atlanta were worked out elsewhere will find this book to be a ready partner." _ Journal of American Folklore, Music and the Making of a New South offers illuminating and occasionally amusing accounts of three distinctly different musical events held annually in Atlanta between 1909 and 1925. . . . Music and the Making of a New South is an appealing|9780807828465|, Campbell's writing is colorful and light on jargon. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining. . . . Being easy to read and not very long, it would make a nice entry in course syllabi. Other scholars studying how the tensions that Campbell explores for Atlanta were worked out elsewhere will find this book to be a ready partner.-- Journal of American Folklore, "Campbell's writing is colorful. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining."-- Journal of American Folklore, "A fresh perspective to a familiar subject. . . . Eloquently written." --Georgia Historical Quarterly, This is an inspired and original work, bringing together three forms of music--opera, African American concert singing, and old-time fiddling--as a way to study conflicts and desires to smooth over those conflicts in the quintessential New South city of Atlanta. (Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi author ofAmerican Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998), A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning.-- Journal of Southern History, "A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning."-- Journal of Southern History, Written with flair, as well as scholarly insight, Campbell's narrative is admirably composed and should inspire further reflection on the ways that music, and culture, organize identity.-- American Historical Review, "Campbell's writing is colorful and light on jargon. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining. . . . Being easy to read and not very long, it would make a nice entry in course syllabi. Other scholars studying how the tensions that Campbell explores for Atlanta were worked out elsewhere will find this book to be a ready partner." -- Journal of American Folklore, "A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." --Journal of Southern History, Campbell focuses on three popular musical institutions in Atlanta at the height of the Jim Crow era: the annual visit of the Metropolitan Opera, the Colored Music Festival, and the Georgia Old Time Fiddlers' Convention, demonstrating how music addressed Atlantans' class anxieties and affirmed the segregationist impulse., As a cultural study of the middle class in urban Atlanta, Campell's book is interesting and well written.-- Gulf South Historical Review, " Music and the Making of a New South offers illuminating and occasionally amusing accounts of three distinctly different musical events held annually in Atlanta between 1909 and 1925. . . . Music and the Making of a New South is an appealing and important contribution to our understanding of southern history. . . . The uses that we make of the arts, apparently, say a lot about our hearts."-- North Carolina Historical Review, "A fresh perspective to a familiar subject. . . . Eloquently written." -- Georgia Historical Quarterly, "A fresh perspective to a familiar subject. . . . Eloquently written ."-- Georgia Historical Quarterly, This is an inspired and original work, bringing together three forms of music--opera, African American concert singing, and old-time fiddling--as a way to study conflicts and desires to smooth over those conflicts in the quintessential New South city of Atlanta. (Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi author of American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998 ), "A Fresh Perspective to a Familiar Subject. . . . Eloquently Written." -Georgia Historical Quarterly, "Campbell's writing is colorful and light on jargon. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining. . . . Being easy to read and not very long, it would make a nice entry in course syllabi. Other scholars studying how the tensions that Campbell explores for Atlanta were worked out elsewhere will find this book to be a ready partner."-- Journal of American Folklore, "A lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tensions and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." -- Journal of Southern History, "Campbell's writing is colorful and light on jargon. . . . Stunningly thorough and quite entertaining. . . . Being easy to read and not very long, it would make a nice entry in course syllabi. Other scholars studying how the tensions that Campbell explores for Atlanta were worked out elsewhere will find this book to be a ready partner." —Journal of American Folklore
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2003-016295
Dewey Decimal
306.4/842
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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