The devil's music: A history of the blues by Giles Oakley - 1976

Paperback. Very Good.

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: BBC, 1976. Pb, 288pp, b/w photos. Good (-) with edgewear/creasing. Endpapers a bit mottled but text clean. Accompanied the BBC television series. Examines the societal and pyschological influences which led to the emergence of the blues at the end of the 19th century and its subsequent development.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

BBC Worldwide. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: British Broadcasting Corporation - BBC, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 287 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. The rise and development of the blues through American social history as experienced by African Americans..

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1976. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Large soft cover, 287 pages, tight clean and square, former owners name on ffep, creasing to covers, minor edge wear. Contents include: Part One: Slavery, Nigger Minstrels and coon songs, From Emancipation to Segregation, From Minstrels to ragtime. Early New Orleans Jazz and Blues, Work and Song, W.C. Handy / Part 2: Charley Patton, Henry Thomas 'Ragtime Texas' , Lead Belly, The barrelhouse circuit and the 'Piney Woods', Migration / Part 3: Crazy Blues, Showbiz Blues 1: The tents shows , Ma Rainey, Showbiz Blues 2: The theatres, Bessie Smith, Women's Blues / Part 4: The men start recording, Field recordings, Atlanta, Memphis / Part 5: The Depression, City Blues, Blues in St. Louis, Blues in Chicago, The rural South, Blues in the South / Part 6: Post-War Blues, The end of an era, Say it loud / Bibliography / Discography / General index/ Index of songs. Check out the scans. . First… Read More