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Union Divided

Black Musicians' Fight for Labor Equality

By: Leta E. Miller

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Union Divided

Black Musicians' Fight for Labor Equality

By: Leta E. Miller

An in-depth account of the Black locals within the American Federation of Musicians In the 1910s and 1920s, Black musicians organized more than fifty independent locals within the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) in an attempt to control audition criteria, set competitive wages, and secure a voice in national decision-making. Leta Miller follows the AFM’s history of Black locals, which competed directly with white locals in the same territories, from their origins and successes in the 1920s through Depression-era crises to the fraught process of dismantling segregated AFM organizations in the 1960s and 70s. Like any union, Black AFM locals sought to ensure employment and competitive wages for members with always-evolving solutions to problems. Miller’s account of these efforts includes the voices of the musicians themselves and interviews with former union members who took part in the difficult integration of Black and white locals. She also analyzes the fundamental question of how musicians benefitted from membership in a labor organization. Broad in scope and rich in detail, Union Divided illuminates the complex working world of unionized Black musicians and the AFM’s journey to racial inclusion.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252055225

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9780252055225

The Character of Consent

The History of Cookies and the Future of Technology Policy

By: Meg Leta Jones

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The Character of Consent

The History of Cookies and the Future of Technology Policy

By: Meg Leta Jones

The rich, untold origin story of the ubiquitous web cookie—what’s wrong with it, why it’s being retired, and how we can do better. Consent pop-ups continually ask us to download cookies to our computers, but is this all-too-familiar form of privacy protection effective? No, Meg Leta Jones explains in The Character of Consent, rather than promote functionality, privacy, and decentralization, cookie technology has instead made the internet invasive, limited, and clunky. Good thing, then, that the cookie is set for retirement in 2024. In this eye-opening book, Jones tells the little-known story of this broken consent arrangement, tracing it back to the major transnational conflicts around digital consent over the last twenty-five years. What she finds is that the policy controversy is not, in fact, an information crisis—it’s an identity crisis. Instead of asking how people consent, Jones asks who exactly is consenting and to what. Packed into those cookie pop-ups, she explains, are three distinct areas of law with three different characters who can consent. Within (mainly European) data protection law, the data subject consents. Within communication privacy law, the user consents. And within consumer protection law, the privacy consumer consents. These areas of law have very different histories, motivations, institutional structures, expertise, and strategies, so consent—and the characters who can consent—plays a unique role in those areas of law. The Character of Consent gives each computer character its due, taking us back to their origin stories within the legal history of computing. By doing so, Jones provides alternative ways of understanding the core issues within the consent dilemma. More importantly, she offers bold new approaches to creating and adopting better tech policies in the future.

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MIT Press

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0262547945

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9780262547949

Music and Politics in San Francisco

From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War

By: Leta E. Miller

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Music and Politics in San Francisco

From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War

By: Leta E. Miller

“Leta Miller’s long-awaited study is a tightly woven, fast-paced, and luminous chronicle of San Francisco’s musical coming of age. Her keen insights into Chinese opera, night club jazz, and two international expositions go far to rekindle the era’s spirited mix of talent, taste, patronage, and politics. The groundbreaking work of an accomplished music and social historian, Music and Politics in San Francisco is a most welcome companion to Catherine Parsons Smith’s Making Music in Los Angeles.” —Jonathan Elkus, Lecturer in Music Emeritus, UC Davis “From three disastrous days in April 1906 through the onset of an even greater disaster in 1941, from the San Francisco Conservatory through the performances of the Chinese Opera, Leta Miller traces the musico-political history of ‘the Paris of the West’ in meticulous detail. This important book adds immeasurably to our knowledge of West Coast American music, whilst simultaneously challenging a number of historiographical shibboleths.” —David Nicholls, contributing editor of The Cambridge History of American Music "Leta Miller’s San Francisco’s Musical Life is a pure pleasure to read. Miller manages that rare feat of digesting what must have been many years of digging through newspapers and archives into a fun, lively, highly readable narrative. Each chapter strikes a comfortable balance among factual exposition, colorful anecdote, and historical analysis. Miller brings equal depth and insight to each of her disparate subjects, she writes with charm and clarity throughout, and the whole is arranged in a way that is clear and logical, never monotonous." —Mary Ann Smart, author of Mimomania: Music and Gesture in Nineteenth-Century Opera

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382

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Univ of California Press

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0520268911

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9780520268913

The Energy of Love

Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction into True Connection

By: Leta Herman,Jaye McElroy

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The Energy of Love

Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction into True Connection

By: Leta Herman,Jaye McElroy

Turn Attraction into a Long-Lasting, True Relationship With the power of the Five Elements, discover what you truly want in a relationship, find a lover who matches you energetically, and make your relationship longer-lasting and romantically charged. By learning the Elemental Energy types of you and your partner, you can build a true connection without unrealistic expectations. The Energy of Love shows you how to use ancient Chinese wisdom and the Five Elements—Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water—for positive relationships, love, and happiness. With entertaining and empowering instruction, authors Leta Herman and Jaye McElroy explain how to find your energetic strengths, embrace them for better living, and accept your partner’s flaws as the gifts they really are. Use this modern guide to better understand yourself, your lover, and the energy of the world around you. Praise: “Ancient knowledge meets Match.com! [The Energy of Love] takes us beyond the guessing game of relationships . . . This approachable and generous presentation explains so much.”—Cyndi Dale, author of Beyond Soul Mates

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Llewellyn Worldwide

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073874106X

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9780738741062

The Energy of Love

Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction into True Connection

By: Leta Herman,Jaye McElroy

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Applying the Five Elements to Turn Attraction into True Connection

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Chen Yi

By: Leta E. Miller,J. Michele Edwards

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Chen Yi

By: Leta E. Miller,J. Michele Edwards

Winner of the Leila Webster Memorial Music Award for the International Alliance for Women in Music of the 2022 Pauline Alderman Awards for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music Chen Yi is the most prominent woman among the renowned group of new wave composers who came to the US from mainland China in the early 1980s. Known for her creative output and a distinctive merging of Chinese and Western influences, Chen built a musical language that references a breathtaking range of sources and crisscrosses geographical and musical borders without eradicating them. Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards provide an accessible guide to the composer's background and her more than 150 works. Extensive interviews with Chen complement in-depth analyses of selected pieces from Chen's solos for Western or Chinese instruments, chamber works, choral and vocal pieces, and compositions scored for wind ensemble, chamber orchestra, or full orchestra. The authors highlight Chen's compositional strategies, her artistic elaborations, and the voice that links her earliest and most recent music. A concluding discussion addresses questions related to Chen's music and issues such as gender, ethnicity and nationality, transnationalism, border crossing, diaspora, exoticism, and identity.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252052420

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9780252052422

Composing a World

Lou Harrison, Musical Wayfarer

By: Leta E. Miller,Fredric Lieberman

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Composing a World

Lou Harrison, Musical Wayfarer

By: Leta E. Miller,Fredric Lieberman

Since its original publication, Composing a World by Leta E. Miller and Fredric Lieberman has become the definitive work on the prolific California composer Lou Harrison, often cited as one of America's most original and influential figures. Composing a World presents a compelling and deeply human portrait of an exceptionally beloved pioneer in American music.This paperback edition is an updated version of the highly acclaimed Lou Harrison: Composing a World. The product of extensive research, as well as seventy-five interviews with the composer and those associated with him over half a century, this new edition features an updated works catalog reflecting compositions completed after 1997, adds a brief description of the circumstances of Harrison's death, and corrects a few minor errors. It also includes an annotated works-list detailing more than 300 compositions and a CD featuring over 74 minutes of illustrative Harrison compositions, including several unique and previously unrecorded works.Extending beyond simple biography, Composing a World includes chapters on music and dance, intonation and tuning, instrument building, music criticism, political activism, homosexuality, and Harrison's Asian influences, among other topics. This indispensable study of Harrison's life and works--currently out of print--will be welcomed back by performing artists, students, and scholars of American music.

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420

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University of Illinois Press

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0252071883

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9780252071881

Connecting Your Circle

Learn How the Five Elements Can Help You Be a More Authentic You

By: Leta Herman,Jaye McElroy

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Connecting Your Circle

Learn How the Five Elements Can Help You Be a More Authentic You

By: Leta Herman,Jaye McElroy

Learn about who you are so you can be more confident, more aware, and more excited about your life than ever before.

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0991236610

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9780991236619

Book's by Leta Herman

Union Divided

Union Divided

The Character of Consent

The Character of Consent

Music and Politics in San Francisco

Music and Politics in San Francisco

The Energy of Love

The Energy of Love

The Energy of Love

The Energy of Love

Chen Yi

Chen Yi

Composing a World

Composing a World

Connecting Your Circle

Connecting Your Circle

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