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Still Thriving: On the Importance of Aranye Fradenburg /

Table of Contents: “…Preface : like a radio left on/on the outskirts of identical cities : living (with) Fradenburg / Eileen A. Joy -- More blue doors / Patricia Clare Ingham -- Come flourish with me : critically mixing pleasure and politics / Randy P. …”
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When the Devil Knocks : The Congo Tradition and the Politics of Blackness in Twentieth-Century Panama / by Alexander Craft, Renee

Table of Contents: “…Between the Devil and the deep blue sea -- "Una raza, dos etnias" : the politics of be(com)ing "Afropanameño" -- Christ, the Devil, and the terrain of blackness -- Baptizing the Devil : circum-local transmission and translation of culture -- "Los gringos vienen!" …”
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Theatrical Jazz : Performance, Àṣẹ, and the Power of the Present Moment / by Jones, Omi Osun Joni L., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Troubling jazz, Abínibí, Black theatre for the twenty-first century -- The ensemble, Ẹgbẹ́, community -- The marrow : Laurie Carlos -- The blue note : Daniel Alexander Jones -- The roots : Sharon Bridgforth -- The break, Awo, process -- The bridge, Áṣẹ, transformation -- Appendix I. …”
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Still Thriving: On the Importance of Aranye Fradenburg /

Table of Contents: “…Preface : like a radio left on/on the outskirts of identical cities : living (with) Fradenburg / Eileen A. Joy -- More blue doors / Patricia Clare Ingham -- Come flourish with me : critically mixing pleasure and politics / Randy P. …”
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Take up the Black man's burden Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / by Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The souls of Black folk -- The world of work -- Professionals, businesspeople, and others -- Institutions of uplift -- School, church, and health : institutions of salvation -- Play : not without laughter -- Housing -- The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- Coda : "The weary blues" -- Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30-June 2, 1921 -- Appendix B. …”
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Warriors into workers the Civil War and the formation of urban-industrial society in a northern city / by Johnson, Russell L. (Russell Lee), 1960-

Table of Contents: “…The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War -- "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war -- Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees -- "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace -- Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment -- "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque -- The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility -- Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue.…”
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Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream / by Osteen, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares.…”
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Warriors into workers the Civil War and the formation of urban-industrial society in a northern city / by Johnson, Russell L. (Russell Lee), 1960-

Table of Contents: “…The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War -- "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war -- Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees -- "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace -- Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment -- "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque -- The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility -- Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue.…”
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Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream / by Osteen, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares.…”
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Take up the Black man's burden Kansas City's African American communities, 1865-1939 / by Coulter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The souls of Black folk -- The world of work -- Professionals, businesspeople, and others -- Institutions of uplift -- School, church, and health : institutions of salvation -- Play : not without laughter -- Housing -- The challenges of the Great Depression, 1930-1939 -- Coda : "The weary blues" -- Appendix A. G. A. Gregg's description of the Tulsa Race Riot, May 30-June 2, 1921 -- Appendix B. …”
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Black women in sequence : re-inking comics, graphic novels, and anime / by Whaley, Deborah Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Catwoman, blackness, and postracialism -- African goddesses, mixed-race wonders, and baadasssss women: black women as "signs" of Africa in US comics -- Anime dreams for African girls: Nadia: the secret of blue water -- Where I'm coming from: black female artists and postmodern comix -- Conclusion: Comic book divas and the making of sequential subjects.…”
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Black women in sequence : re-inking comics, graphic novels, and anime / by Whaley, Deborah Elizabeth

Table of Contents: “…Catwoman, blackness, and postracialism -- African goddesses, mixed-race wonders, and baadasssss women: black women as "signs" of Africa in US comics -- Anime dreams for African girls: Nadia: the secret of blue water -- Where I'm coming from: black female artists and postmodern comix -- Conclusion: Comic book divas and the making of sequential subjects.…”
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Citizen Outsider : Children of North African Immigrants in France / by Beaman, Jean, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…: education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? …”
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Citizen Outsider : Children of North African Immigrants in France / by Beaman, Jean, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…: education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? …”
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Enigmas of health and disease : how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries / by Morabia, Alfredo

Table of Contents: “…Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague's shark teeth and seamen's enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? …”
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Enigmas of health and disease : how epidemiology helps unravel scientific mysteries / by Morabia, Alfredo

Table of Contents: “…Comparing groups and the fifth dimension -- People, bugs, and epidemics -- Plague's shark teeth and seamen's enigmatic exhaustion -- The mystery of the blue death -- The numerical method -- Eugenics, oysters, sour skin, and breast cancer -- Tobacco and health : the great controversy -- Daily life mysteries and epidemiology -- Is this treatment dangerous for health? …”
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Dvořák to Duke Ellington a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".…”
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On the move a Black family's Western saga / by Martin, S. R. (Sennie Rudolph), 1935-

Table of Contents: “…On the move -- Fort Worth: moving West -- Cody, Wyoming -- Billings, Montana -- To the blue Pacific -- Part 3. Home -- From the Golden Gate to the Monterey Bay -- In the West -- Appendix: toward a genealogy -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.…”
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Texas takes wing : a century of flight in the Lone Star State / by Ganson, Barbara Anne, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Flying Takes Off in Texas -- The Stinson Flying Family of San Antonio and Texas Aviators in the Great War -- Between the World Wars : Barnstormers--Owners and Operators of Flying Services -- Record Setters and Air Racers -- Creating a More Connected World -- Flight Training -- Texas Air Power during the Second World War -- Aircraft Designers and Manufacturers -- Red, White, and Blue All Over : Texas Air Power in the Cold War and the Space Age -- Epilogue: Aeronautical Achievements, Education, and the Future of Air and Space Travel -- Appendices.…”
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On the move a Black family's Western saga / by Martin, S. R. (Sennie Rudolph), 1935-

Table of Contents: “…On the move -- Fort Worth: moving West -- Cody, Wyoming -- Billings, Montana -- To the blue Pacific -- Part 3. Home -- From the Golden Gate to the Monterey Bay -- In the West -- Appendix: toward a genealogy -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.…”
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