Blackface nation : race, reform, and identity in American popular music, 1812-1925 /

"As the United States transitioned from a rural nation to an urbanized, industrial giant between the War of 1812 and the early twentieth century, ordinary people struggled over the question of what it meant to be American. As Brian Roberts shows in Blackface Nation, this struggle is especially...

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Main Author: Roberts, Brian, 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Carnival -- The vulgar republic -- Jim Crow's genuine audience -- Black song -- Meet the Hutchinsons -- Love crimes -- The middle-class moment -- Culture wars -- Black America -- Conclusion : Musical without end. 
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