Different drummers [electronic resource] : jazz in the culture of Nazi Germany / Michael H. Kater.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 291 p., [14] p. of plates) : ill., ports.ISBN: 9780199872237 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Jazz -- Germany -- 1931-1940 -- History and criticism | Jazz -- Germany -- 1941-1950 -- History and criticism | National socialism and musicAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195165531DDC classification: 781.65094309043 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Michael Kater - a distinguished historian and himself a jazz musician - explores the underground history of jazz in Hitler's Germany. He offers a frightening and fascinating look at life and popular culture during the Third Reich, showing that for the Nazis, jazz was an especially threatening form of expression.Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Originally published: 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Michael Kater - a distinguished historian and himself a jazz musician - explores the underground history of jazz in Hitler's Germany. He offers a frightening and fascinating look at life and popular culture during the Third Reich, showing that for the Nazis, jazz was an especially threatening form of expression.
Description based on print version record.