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Spanish Harlem's musical legacy, 1930-1980 / Silvio H. Alava

Author:
Alava, Silvio H  Search this
Physical description:
127 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
New York (State)
New York
California
Los Angeles
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2007
20th century
Topic:
Latin jazz  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_831278
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Some wore bobby sox : the emergence of teenage girls' culture, 1920-1945 / by Kelly Schrum

Author:
Schrum, Kelly  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
20th century
Topic:
Teenage girls--History  Search this
Teenage consumers--History  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_762471
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Be-bomb : the transatlantic war of images and all that jazz, 1946-1956 / [publication, concept, Serge Guilbaut, Manuel J. Borja-Villel, with the collaboration of Rosario Peiró Carrasco]

Author:
Guilbaut, Serge  Search this
Borja-Villel, Manuel J  Search this
Museu d'Art Contemporani (Barcelona, Spain)  Search this
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía  Search this
Physical description:
774 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
New York (State)
New York
France
Paris
United States
Date:
2007
C2007
20th century
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art, French  Search this
Art, Spanish  Search this
Art--Political aspects--History  Search this
Art and society--History  Search this
Nineteen forties  Search this
Nineteen fifties  Search this
Call number:
N6512 .B332 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_837609
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Composer's voices from Ives to Ellington : an oral history of American music / Vivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve

Author:
Perlis, Vivian  Search this
Van Cleve, Libby  Search this
Oral History, American Music  Search this
Physical description:
xxv, 477 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. + 2 CDs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Interviews
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
20th century
Topic:
Composers  Search this
Jazz musicians  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_778762
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Harlem speaks : a living history of the Harlem Renaissance / edited by Cary D. Wintz

Author:
Wintz, Cary D. 1943-  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 502 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Biography
Place:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2007
C2007
20th century
Topic:
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism  Search this
African Americans--Intellectual life  Search this
African American authors  Search this
African American musicians  Search this
African American artists  Search this
African American intellectuals  Search this
Harlem Renaissance  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_824209
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Grand hotels of the jazz age : the architecture of Schultze & Weaver / Marianne Lamonaca and Jonathan Mogul, editors

Author:
Schultze, Leonard 1877-1951  Search this
Weaver, S. Fullerton (Spencer Fullerton) d. 1939  Search this
Lamonaca, Marianne  Search this
Mogul, Jonathan 1963-  Search this
Schultze & Weaver  Search this
Wolfsonian-Florida International University  Search this
Subject:
Schultze, Leonard 1877-1951  Search this
Weaver, S. Fullerton (Spencer Fullerton) d. 1939  Search this
Schultze & Weaver Themes, motives  Search this
Physical description:
248 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, plans ; 32 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
20th century
Topic:
Resort architecture  Search this
Hotels  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_816491
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Flapper : the notorious life and scandalous times of the first thoroughly modern woman / Joshua Zeitz

Author:
Zeitz, Joshua  Search this
Physical description:
x, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
C2006
20th century
1919-1933
1918-1945
Topic:
Women  Search this
Celebrities  Search this
Artists  Search this
Women--Social life and customs  Search this
Sex customs--History  Search this
Sex role--History  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--History  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_800867
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Deep river : music and memory in Harlem Renaissance thought / Paul Allen Anderson

Author:
Anderson, Paul Allen  Search this
Physical description:
x, 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Date:
2001
20th century
Topic:
African Americans--Music--History and criticism  Search this
Harlem Renaissance  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_825632
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Toni Morrison's developing class consciousness / Doreatha Drummond Mbalia

Author:
Mbalia, Doreatha D  Search this
Subject:
Morrison, Toni Political and social views  Search this
Physical description:
244 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
C2004
20th century
Topic:
Literature and society--History  Search this
Women and literature--History  Search this
African Americans in literature  Search this
Social classes in literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_775506
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Edith Wharton / Hermione Lee

Author:
Lee, Hermione  Search this
Subject:
Wharton, Edith 1862-1937  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 869 p., [24] p. of plates : ill ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
France
Date:
2007
20th century
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Women intellectuals  Search this
Americans--History  Search this
World War, 1914-1918--War work  Search this
Intellectual life  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_840531
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Engines of the Black power movement : essays on the influence of civil rights actions, arts, and Islam / edited by James L. Conyers, Jr

Author:
Conyers, James L  Search this
Subject:
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) History  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2007
C2007
20th century
Topic:
Black power--History  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Civil rights movements--History  Search this
African Americans--Politics and government  Search this
African Americans--Intellectual life  Search this
Black Arts movement  Search this
Black Muslims--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_800630
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Twentieth-century American fashion / edited by Linda Welters and Patricia A. Cunningham

Author:
Welters, Linda  Search this
Cunningham, Patricia  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
20th century
Topic:
Clothing and dress--History  Search this
Fashion--History  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_765831
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The jazz revolution : twenties America & the meaning of jazz / Kathy J. Ogren

Author:
Ogren, Kathy J  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 221 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
1921-1930
20th century
Topic:
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Music--Social aspects  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Call number:
ML3508.O37 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365819
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Bobbed hair and bathtub gin : writers running wild in the Twenties / Marion Meade

Author:
Meade, Marion 1934-  Search this
Subject:
Millay, Edna St. Vincent 1892-1950  Search this
Fitzgerald, Zelda 1900-1948  Search this
Parker, Dorothy 1893-1967  Search this
Ferber, Edna 1887-1968  Search this
Physical description:
340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
20th century
1918-1945
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Women and literature--History  Search this
Women authors, American  Search this
Nineteen twenties  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1044169
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The river book / George Herms

Title:
George Herms : the river book
Author:
Herms, George 1935-  Search this
Subject:
Herms, George 1935-  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes (191 pages, 214 pages) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD (80 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Video recordings
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
2014
20th century
21st century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Found objects (Art)  Search this
Assemblage (Art)  Search this
Photography, Artistic  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1045456
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Supreme City : how Jazz Age Manhattan gave birth to modern America / Donald L. Miller

Author:
Miller, Donald L. 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 763 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
2014
20th century
1898-1951
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1032817
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The chronicle of jazz / Mervyn Cooke

Author:
Cooke, Mervyn  Search this
Physical description:
272 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Chronology
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Louisiana
New Orleans
United States
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
Jazz--Origin  Search this
Jazz--History  Search this
Jazz--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz  Search this
Rhythm and blues music--History and criticism  Search this
Jazz musicians--History  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
Nightclubs--History  Search this
African American jazz musicians--History  Search this
African American musicians--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1039711
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The Tastemaker : Carl Van Vechten and the Birth of Modern America / Edward White

Author:
White, Edward 1981-  Search this
Subject:
Van Vechten, Carl 1880-1964  Search this
Physical description:
377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Authors, American  Search this
Photographers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1025377
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City girls : the Nisei social world in Los Angeles, 1920-1950 / Valerie J. Matsumoto

Author:
Matsumoto, Valerie J.  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 296 pages ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Date:
2014
20th century
Topic:
Japanese American women--History  Search this
Japanese Americans--History  Search this
Japanese Americans--Cultural assimilation  Search this
Female friendship  Search this
Teenage girls  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1025386
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How it feels to be free : black women entertainers and the civil rights movement / Ruth Feldstein

Author:
Feldstein, Ruth 1965-  Search this
Physical description:
296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
20th century
Topic:
African American women political activists--History  Search this
African American women entertainers--Political activity--History  Search this
Performing arts--Political aspects  Search this
African Americans--Political aspects--History  Search this
African Americans--Civil rights--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1020507

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