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Satchmo blows up the world :; jazz ambassadors play the Cold War
by Von Eschen, Penny M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely gently bumped corners, extremely faint rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to spine head, very bright pages, tig
- ISBN 10
- 0674015010
- ISBN 13
- 9780674015012
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2004. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Extremely gently bumped corners, extremely faint rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to spine head, very bright pages, tight binding, else Near Fine(+) in Fine DJ.. Octavo in purple DJ, x, 329 pages, b&w illustrations ; 22 cm. Out of print. || Cold War -- Music and the war. || Stung by reports that people around the world thought the US was a racist society that oppressed the African American, from 1956 the State Dept. dispatched jazz luminaries such as Louis Armstrong to distant corners where they blew the trumpet of freedom in the war against communism. || Contents: Ike gets dizzy -- Swinging into action: jazz to the rescue -- The real ambassador -- Getting the Soviets to swing -- Duke's diplomacy -- Jazz, gospel, and R & B: black power abroad -- Improvising détente -- Playing the international changes.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88858
- Title
- Satchmo blows up the world :; jazz ambassadors play the Cold War
- Author
- Von Eschen, Penny M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely gently bumped corners, extremely faint rubbing to front-rear edge, light soiling to spine head, very bright pages, tig
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0674015010
- ISBN 13
- 9780674015012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Mass
- Date Published
- 2004
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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About Bibliope by Calvello Books
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