Swinging Into History
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Swinging Into History
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Author : Karen L. Swanson
language : en
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Release Date : 2024-08-06
Swinging Into History written by Karen L. Swanson and has been published by Astra Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-06 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Young readers will root for Toni “Tomboy” Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to break into professional baseball—taking over Hank Aaron’s roster spot—in this nonfiction picture book biography. Nothing could stop Toni “Tomboy” Stone from playing baseball—not even her parents. The only girl on a church team, she persevered as insults were hurled her way from the boy players. She caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at his summer baseball school. With Coach Street’s training—and the cleats he gifted her—Toni managed to earn a spot in the minor leagues. Though teams were hesitant to sign a woman, she pitched the idea that fans would pay to see a woman play—and it worked! But Toni’s persistence and optimism were not enough to win over the Jim Crow South crowds nor her male teammates. Coaches put her in the starting lineup and then benched her early, every game, no matter her results. But her talent got noticed and she was signed by the Indianapolis Clowns, becoming the first woman to break into the pros. “Toni arrives,” shouted newspaper headlines, and she delivered! In her first professional game she ripped a single and drove in two runs, and left the crowd chanting “TONI! TONI! TONI!”
History Of Pittsburgh Jazz A Swinging In The Steel City
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Author : Richard Gazarik and Karen Anthony Cole
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2021-02
History Of Pittsburgh Jazz A Swinging In The Steel City written by Richard Gazarik and Karen Anthony Cole and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02 with History categories.
Pittsburgh's contributions to the uniquely American art form of jazz are essential to its national narrative. Fleeing the Jim Crow South in the twentieth century, African American migration to the industrial North brought musical roots that would lay the foundation for jazz culture in the Steel City. As migrant workers entered the factories of Pittsburgh, juke joints and nightclubs opened in the segregated neighborhoods of the Hill District, Northside and East Liberty. The scene fostered numerous legends, including Art Blakey, Billy Strayhorn, George Benson, Erroll Garner and Earl Fatha Hines. The music is sustained today in the practice rooms of the city's universities and by groups such as the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and the African American Music Institute. Authors Richard Gazarik and Karen Anthony Cole chart the swinging history of jazz in Pittsburgh.
Swing Changes
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Author : David Ware Stowe
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1994
Swing Changes written by David Ware Stowe and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Big band music categories.
Drawing on memoirs, oral histories, newspapers, magazines, recordings, photographs, literature, and films, Stowe looks at New Deal America through its music and shows us how the contradictions and tensions within swing--over race, politics, its own cultural status, the role of women--mirrored those played out in the larger society.
At History S Hinge The Swinging Gates Of American And Global Politics
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Author : Adam M Garfinkle
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2021-07-19
At History S Hinge The Swinging Gates Of American And Global Politics written by Adam M Garfinkle and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-19 with Political Science categories.
The book analyses American and global politics in light of the sudden change that whipped the political and historical together into an anxious froth courtesy of COVIDageddon — the viral visitation that changed so much so fast on this planet that we are still trying to make sense of it. We stand at a hinge of history, and how the political gate suspended on that hinge swings, this way and that as the winds blow and time flows, is even now shaping the future.
Indian Club Swinging And The Birth Of Global Fitness
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Author : Conor Heffernan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-12-14
Indian Club Swinging And The Birth Of Global Fitness written by Conor Heffernan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-14 with History categories.
Emerging in colonial India, the fitness fad that was Indian Club Swinging became a global exercise practice in the early 19th century. Used by physicians, soldiers, gymnasts, children and athletes alike, clubs were used to solve numerous social concerns and ills, and often prescribed to treat everything from depression to spinal abnormalities. This book provides a definitive account of the rise and spread of club swinging as it spread from India to Europe and America, asking why and how it became so popular. Discussing the global, commercial fitness culture of the 19th century, Indian Club Swinging and the Birth of Global Fitness explores how the popularity of this exercise reflected much deeper global and domestic concerns about body image, military preparation and education. Addressing broader questions about nationalism, gender, race and popular commerce across the British Empire, it highlights the origins of our modern transnational fitness culture and shows how it intersected with global and colonial understandings of health, medicine and education.
Events In The Life And History Of The Swing Family
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Author : Gilbert S. Swing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-12-04
Events In The Life And History Of The Swing Family written by Gilbert S. Swing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-04 with categories.
Arc Of Feeling
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Author : Javier Moscoso
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2023-05-13
Arc Of Feeling written by Javier Moscoso and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-13 with History categories.
From beloved elements of children’s playgrounds to leather tools of bondage, a sweeping study of the cultural significance of swings. In Arc of Feeling Javier Moscoso investigates the pleasure of oscillation and explores the surprising history of the swing through its meanings and metaphors, noting echoes and coincidences in remote times and places: from the witch’s broom to aerial yoga and from the gallows to sexual mores. Taking in cultural history, science, art, anthropology, and philosophy, Moscoso explores the presence and role of this artifact in the West, such as in the works of Watteau, Fragonard, and Goya, as well as in other Eastern traditions, including those of India, Korea, Thailand, and China. Linked since ancient times with sex and death, used by gods and madmen, as well as an erotic and therapeutic instrument, the swing is revealed to be an essential but forgotten object in the history of human experience.
And They Called It Swing Its History The Bands Its Legacy
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Author : Oren Freshour
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2016-06-22
And They Called It Swing Its History The Bands Its Legacy written by Oren Freshour and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-22 with Music categories.
It's History, The Bands, It's Legacy In this book the author gives the complete history of Swing music and Big Bands from it's beginning to it‘s place in the world today. It tells where it began. When it began. How it spread and grew to become America's number one popular music in the 1930’s and 40’s. The names and dates of the originators, the players, the bands, the composers, the arrangers, the side men, the hit songs, they are all here. It tells the story of Swing music’s role in radio, and the history of disc jockeys. It tells how Swing music helped the recording industry and how records helped the success of name bands. The book also explains Swing’s affect on the nation during it’s years of popularity. It tells how during the time of segregation, the youth of America cared little about the color of Swing bands and their musicians. It tells how during the great depression, the youth of that period became crazed with Swing similar to how Rock and Roll swept the youth during the 1960’s. It tells how those same young people, who would later be called the Greatest Generation, spread the music around the world while fighting WWII. It tells how and when Swing broke the color barrier in music despite living in a nation of segregation. Swing and Swing bands were instrumental in proving segregation had no place in popular music long before the laws of social justice came into being. The reader who loves music and/or history will find this book informative as well as entertaining. Enjoy.
Swinging And Rolling
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Author : Jochen Büttner
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-08
Swinging And Rolling written by Jochen Büttner and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-08 with Philosophy categories.
This volume explores the reorganisation of knowledge taking place in the course of Galileo's research process extending over a period of more than thirty years, pursued within a network of exchanges with his contemporaries, and documented by a vast collection of research notes. It has revealed the challenging objects that motivated and shaped Galileo's thinking and closely followed the knowledge reorganization engendered by theses challenges. It has thus turned out, for example, that the problem of reducing the properties of pendulum motion to the laws governing naturally accelerated motion on inclined planes was the mainspring for the formation of Galileo's comprehensive theory of naturally accelerated motion.
Events In The Life And History Of The Swing Family
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Author : G. S. Swing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-02-01
Events In The Life And History Of The Swing Family written by G. S. Swing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-02-01 with categories.
Swing Family