Immigration and American popular culture an introduction / Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick.

Author/creator Rubin, Rachel, 1964-
Other author Melnick, Jeffrey Paul.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press,
Descriptionx, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

SeriesNation of newcomers
Contents Hollywood, 1930 : Jewish gangster masquerade -- Los Angeles, 1943 : zoot suit style, immigrant politics -- Broadway, 1957 : West Side Story and the Nuyorican blues -- Monterey, 1967 : the hippies meet Ravi Shankar -- South Bronx, 1977 : Jamaican migrants, born Jamericans, and global music -- Cyberspace, y2k : giant robots, Asian punks -- Afterword : Chelsea, 2006 ; wandering popular culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006017648
ISBN0814775535 (cloth : alk. paper)
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