About this title: The rise of the black-owned and run soul record label Tamla Motown and the growth of the 1960s civil rights movement are discussed and analyzed in DANCING IN THE STREET, Suzanne E. Smith's story of the imprint and its roots in Detroit, Michigan's black community. Smith follows label owner Berry Gordy's brainchild as it grows from a cottage enterprise to an international empire. Using production line techniques inspired by the Detroit motor industry, it becomes a symbol of upward black mobility with its musical output, which rapidly forms a genre unto itself, and its commercial success. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780674000636ISBN:0674000633
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Edition: Reprint. Third printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780674000636ISBN:0674000633
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Inscribed to Bill Shore. 336 p. Illustrations. Map. Notes. Index. This book tells the story of Motown, as both musical style and entrepreneurial phenomenon, and of its intrinsic relationship to the politics and culture of Motor Town, USA. This book presents a vivid picture of the civil rights movement in Detroit, with Motown at its heart. From a small record company rooted in Detroit's black community to an international music industry giant, Motown's lively ... read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780674000636ISBN:0674000633
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Book is in very good condition, except for a 3.5" long red mark along bottom edge and rear color endpaper removed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 319 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780674005464ISBN:0674005465
Description: New. Against a background of events on the national scene, "Dancing in the Street"presents a vivid picture of the Civil Rights movement in Detroit, with Motownat its heart. 18 halftones. read more
Description: Good. 0674005465 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
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