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This is the first book on New York's subway musicians--modern troubadours who perform on platforms, mezzanines, and even trains pounding through the city. Illustrating her account with captivating photos, Susie J. Tanenbaum draws on interviews with musicians and their audiences to explore both the vibrant culture and the intricate politics of subway music.
This is the first book on New York's subway musicians--modern troubadours who perform on platforms, mezzanines, and even trains pounding through the city. Illustrating her account with captivating photos, Susie J. Tanenbaum draws on interviews with musicians and their audiences to explore both the vibrant culture and the intricate politics of subway music.
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New York, African American, Times Square, Dennis Connors, First Amendment, Grand Central Terminal, United States, Los Andinos, Grand Central Station, Jim Graseck, Roosevelt Avenue, Stephen Baird, Steve Witt, Antara del Barrio, Carnegie Hall, Latin American, Sally Harrison-Pepper, Lloyd Carew-Reid, Robert Kiley, Larry Wright, Paul Chevigny, Record Mart, Wendy Feuer, Gina Higginbotham, Jessel Harris New!
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- Sound Effects by Simon Frith on 9 pages
- Washington Square (Signet Classics) by Henry James on 4 pages
- Under the Sidewalks of New York: The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World by Brian J. Cudahy on page 19, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs on page 119, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Experience of Place: A New Way of Looking at and Dealing With our Radically Changing Cities and Countryside by Tony Hiss in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Accommodation Without Assimilation: Sikh Immigrants in an American High School (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) by Margaret A. Gibson in Back Matter
- Globalisation and the Chinese City (Routledgecurzon Contemporary China Series) by Fulong Wu on page 291
- City of Green Benches: Growing Old in a New Downtown (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Maria D. Vesperi in Back Matter
- Breaking the Silence: Redress and Japanese American Ethnicity (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Yasuko I. Takezawa in Back Matter
- Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Philip Kasinitz in Back Matter
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