Blues empress in black Chattanooga Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South /

Scott, Michelle R., 1974-

Blues empress in black Chattanooga Bessie Smith and the emerging urban South / [electronic resource] : Michelle R. Scott. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2008. - xiii, 198 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-191) and index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.


Singers--United States--Biography.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.--Tennessee--Chattanooga
African Americans--History.--Tennessee--Chattanooga


Chattanooga (Tenn.)--History.


Electronic books.

ML420.S667 / S36 2008

782.421643092 B