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Contents vii Acknowledgments 3 Chapter one Prelude: Down At The Twist And Shout 17 Chapter two Identity Issues, Research Methods, and Ethnography 40 Chapter three Music, Dance, and Social Capital 49 Chapter four Wartime and Postwar Creole Migration to California 75 Chapter five Further Creole Migration and Bridging to Other Social Networks 117 Chapter six Folk Revival Connection: The Musicians 161 Chapter seven Folk Revival Connection: The Dancers 197 Chapter eight Later Gulf Coast Arrivals 249 Notes 259 Bibliography 267 Discography 271 Filmography 273 Interviews 275 Index This page intentionally left blank ...

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