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Author:
Gioia, Ted.
Title:
The birth (and death) of the cool / Ted Gioia.
Publisher:
Speck Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
x, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Lifestyles--United States--History--20th century.
Jazz musicians--United States.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Jazz.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Can cool ever be uncool? -- The mystery of my parents' lifestyle -- How cool became so -- The progenitor of cool : Bix Beiderbecke -- The president of cool : Lester Young -- The prince of darkness : Miles Davis -- The signifying bunny, or the birth (and death) of the cool for kids -- Everybody acts like Miles Davis -- Live by the swoosh, die by the swoosh -- America loses its cool -- The sound of postcool music -- The postcool society -- The birth (and death) of the cool : a timeline.
ISBN:
1933108312 (hardcover)
9781933108315 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)318875640
LCCN:
2009018827
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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