Tango!: The Dance, the Song, the Story

Tango!: The Dance, the Song, the Story by Martin, Richard. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780500016718.

"Exquisite publication, written by respected scholars and artist, combines scholarly research with a pleasant writing style. Covers tangos history from early-19th century to the present, addressing tangos spread into Europe and North America and its golden age in Buenos Aires from the 1920s-50s; also discusses topics such as tango and machismo, and the tango revival in film, theater, and literature. Includes an extended bibliography and discography. Richly illustrated with facsimiles, reproductions of drawings, paintings, and photographs. For review by Pablo Vila, see Lat. Am. Music Rev., Vol. 18, No. 1, 1997, p. 113-123"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/