02425nam 2200649Ia 450 991082046090332120240417221253.01-283-58315-197866138956080-252-09237-6(CKB)2670000000240911(EBL)3413987(SSID)ssj0000711038(PQKBManifestationID)11444675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711038(PQKBWorkID)10681834(PQKB)11591963(MiAaPQ)EBC3413987(OCoLC)654313968(MdBmJHUP)muse23782(Au-PeEL)EBL3413987(CaPaEBR)ebr10593659(CaONFJC)MIL389560(OCoLC)923494548(EXLCZ)99267000000024091120071226d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlues empress in black Chattanooga Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South /Michelle R. Scott1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20081 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07545-5 0-252-03338-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-191) and index.Introduction: uncovering the life of a blues woman -- Beyond the contraband camps: Black Chattanooga from the Civil War to 1880 -- The freest town on the map: Black migration to new south Chattanooga -- The empress's playground: Bessie Smith and Black childhood in the urban South -- Life on Big Ninth Street: the emerging blues culture in Chattanooga -- An empress in vaudeville: Bessie Smith on the theater circuit.SingersUnited StatesBiographyBlues (Music)TennesseeChattanoogaHistory and criticismAfrican AmericansTennesseeChattanoogaHistoryChattanooga (Tenn.)HistorySingersBlues (Music)History and criticism.African AmericansHistory.782.421643092BScott Michelle R.1974-1721015MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820460903321Blues empress in black Chattanooga4120170UNINA