About this title: This is a new, thoroughly revised edition of Paul Oliver's classic study of the blues. First published in 1960, this remarkable book has not been superseded and its reappearance will be welcomed by all who wish to understand the complexity of meaning in the blues and the experiences which they expressed. The book examines the functions of the ...
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780521477383ISBN:0521477387
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Very important book about the emergence of the Blues as a musical idiom written by an intelligent music and social historian. Contains an extensive discography! Slight shelving marks to front cover and initial page bottems. Copy has been lightly read. Spine is firm and straight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780521477383ISBN:0521477387
Description: Very Good+ 0521477387. Minor cover wear; interior clean tight and unmarked. Remainder dot on bottom text edge.; 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.35 Inches. read more
Edition: 2nd ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521377935ISBN:0521377935
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light wear to edges, o/w clean and unmarked. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Music/Blues. read more
Edition: Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1990
Description: Softcover. Good condition. A classic account of the blus, one of the most evocative strands of American popular culture. Here, as never before, material from recordings and recollections of singers, going back to the 1920s, are woven into an interpretive account of meaning in the blues. Includes an Index. read more
Description: Fine. ( Cambridge University Press 1994, Paperback. ) In this fascinating and well researched work, Oliver has produced a seminal study of the history and nature of Blues music and song. Oliver examines the social, economic and cultural context in which it emerged and developed. He shows it to be the first authentic folk music of the African American people. A music rooted deep in their lived experience of explotation and oppression. It was through this music that they could express their ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521477383ISBN:0521477387
Description: Good. 0521477387 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 26/08/1994
ISBN-13:9780521477383ISBN:0521477387
Description: Used-Good. THIS IS A HARD TO FIND OR RARE TITLE. PLEASE ALLOW 7-21 DAYS FOR DELIVERY, BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM WAREHOUSE. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521377935ISBN:0521377935
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780521377935ISBN:0521377935
Description: Reprinted 1999. pp. 348. Book is VERY GOOD; light shelfwear, otherwise tight and crisp; wraps and manuscript pages are bright; spine is smooth; manuscript text has no markings. English. read more
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