Bringing music to the people: Race, urban culture, and municipal politics in postwar Los Angeles

American Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 693-717

  Macías, Anthony ^a  

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EID: 34247650061     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2004.0038     Document Type: Review

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