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Jazz and the Making of the Sixties

Scott Saul

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$31.00 • £24.95 • €28.00

ISBN 9780674018532

Publication Date: 11/30/2005

Short

408 pages

12 halftones, 2 musical examples

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Scott Saul is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and host of the books and arts podcast Chapter & Verse.

Awards & Accolades

Honorable Mention, 2004 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize, American Studies Association

2004 American Book Award, Nonfiction Category, Before Columbus Foundation

Honorable Mention, 2004 Woody Guthrie Award, US Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music

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