Swing Shift
Subtitle: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s
Edition: New in Paperback edition
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: May 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780822328179
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Composers & musicians; Contemporary popular music; Light orchestral, dance & big band music; Social history; Women's studies; 20th century; Second World War, 1939-1945; Musical Instruments - General; Jazz; Music/Songbooks; Music; USA; United States; American Studies; Gender Studies/Feminist Theory; History and criticism; History & Criticism - General; 1941-1950; Women jazz musicians
First sentence: There were hundreds of all-woman bands.