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Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America by Leroi Jones William Morrow and Co 1972 12th
Leroi Jones Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from it William Morrow and Company 1972 Twelfth Printing
Title: Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from it
Author: Leroi Jones
Format: Softcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company 1972
Edition: Twelfth Printing
LCCN: 63-17688
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Synopsis: Blues People is a seminal study of Afro-American music by Amiri Baraka, who published it as LeRoi Jones in 1963. In Blues People Baraka explores the possibility that the history of black Americans can be traced through the evolution of their music.
...first book on jazz by a Negro writer with provocative conclusions bolstered by history and sociology.Langston Hughes ".
..a fresh, incisively instructive reinterpretation of Negro music in America...crucially relevant to Negro-white relationships today." Nat Hentoff
"The first real attempt to place jazz and the blues within the context of American social history...traces not only he development of the Negro music which affected white America, but also the Negro values which affected white America." Library Journal
Overall Condition: Acceptable reading copy or better. A picture is worth a 1000 words so please look at the images.
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Title: Blues People: The Negro Experience in White America and the Music That Developed from it
Author: Leroi Jones
Format: Softcover
Publisher: William Morrow and Company 1972
Edition: Twelfth Printing
LCCN: 63-17688
Size: 5.25 x 8.25
Synopsis: Blues People is a seminal study of Afro-American music by Amiri Baraka, who published it as LeRoi Jones in 1963. In Blues People Baraka explores the possibility that the history of black Americans can be traced through the evolution of their music.
...first book on jazz by a Negro writer with provocative conclusions bolstered by history and sociology.Langston Hughes ".
..a fresh, incisively instructive reinterpretation of Negro music in America...crucially relevant to Negro-white relationships today." Nat Hentoff
"The first real attempt to place jazz and the blues within the context of American social history...traces not only he development of the Negro music which affected white America, but also the Negro values which affected white America." Library Journal
Overall Condition: Acceptable reading copy or better. A picture is worth a 1000 words so please look at the images.
******************************
* FREE SHIPPING to U.S. buyers! *
******************************
2023--U.S. shipping for this (One Pound Media Mail) is $3.65 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
For buyers outside the U.S. I will discount this Media Mail amount from the additional shipping charge and also reduce the combined book price.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT)
==========================================================================================================================
Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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