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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction Coal, Railroads, and the Establishment of African American Life in West Virginia
PART ONE The Economic Foundation of Big Band Dance Music in the Mountain State
CHAPTER ONE From the Coal Face to the Dance Floor: Black Miners as Patrons of Big Bands
CHAPTER TWO Validating Herbert Hall’s Contention: Paul Barnes’s Gig Book
PART TWO Big Bands in Black West Virginia: 1929–1935
CHAPTER THREE Newspapers and Radio Bring the World of the Big Bands to Black West Virginia
CHAPTER FOUR Local and Territory Bands in the Emerging Culture of Big Band Jazz and Dance Music in the Mountain State
CHAPTER FIVE Big Band Jazz Comes to the Mountain State: 1929–1933
CHAPTER SIX Comparative Prosperity Arrives, September 1933–April 1935
PART THREE West Virginia in the Swing Era: 1935–1942
CHAPTER SEVEN The Place of the Mountain State on the Road Traveled by the Big Bands
CHAPTER EIGHT The Big Bands’ Audience in the Mountain State
CHAPTER NINE The Dance Repertory Played in the Coal Fields
CHAPTER TEN The Party Winds Down
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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