Price: $75.00
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
The book has only very light shelf wear along with a stamped black star on the ffep and stab holes in the gutter of that page that show the stitching. These holes appear to be a minor printing error. The dustjacet has some edge, corner and surface wear with small scuffs, tears and chips. Still quite presentable in it Mylar protector. The book is a comprehensive survey of the banjo in American music, beginning with instrument'a African origin through it use in early African-American music through its trasition to white country music and bluegrass. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 185 pages
Title: That Half-Barbaric Twang: The Banjo in American Popular Culture
Categories: Music,
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Urbana, University of Illinois Press: 1991
ISBN Number: 0252017803
ISBN Number 13: 9780252017803
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Seller ID: 15683
Keywords: Music Country Music Ragtime Minstrel Bluegrass American Roots Music African - American Black Negro