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Author Segrave, Kerry, 1944-

Title Jukeboxes : an American social history / by Kerry Segrave.

Imprint Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.484 Se13j 2002    ---  Available
Description v, 375 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-367) and index.
Contents The jukebox arrives : a Dictaphone gone bad, 1870-1907 -- The piano outplays the box, 1907-1933 -- Jukeboxes spread across America, 1934-1940 -- Boxes gets patriotic, and curb juvenile delinquency, 1941-1945 -- The nickel and dime war, 1946-1950 -- Jukes have one final fling, 1951-1959 -- Slow fade to obscurity, 1960-2000 -- Conclusion.
Subject Jukebox industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jukeboxes.
ISBN 0786411813 (softcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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