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Blues empress in black Chattanooga, Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South, Michelle R. Scott

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Blues empress in black Chattanooga, Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South, Michelle R. Scott
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-191) and index
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individual biography
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Blues empress in black Chattanooga
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bibliography
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177019548
Responsibility statement
Michelle R. Scott
Sub title
Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South
Table Of Contents
Introduction: uncovering the life of a blues woman -- Beyond the contraband camps: Black Chattanooga from the Civil War to 1880 -- The freest town on the map: Black migration to new south Chattanooga -- The empress's playground: Bessie Smith and Black childhood in the urban South -- Life on Big Ninth Street: the emerging blues culture in Chattanooga -- An empress in vaudeville: Bessie Smith on the theater circuit
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