Kater, Michael H., 1937-

Different drummers jazz in the culture of Nazi Germany / [electronic resource] : Michael H. Kater. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. - 1 online resource (xiv, 291 p., [14] p. of plates) : ill., ports.

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.

9780199872237 (ebook) : No price


Jazz--History and criticism.--Germany--1931-1940
Jazz--History and criticism.--Germany--1941-1950
National socialism and music.

ML3509.G3 / K37 2003

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