This book emphasizes 3 areas: 1)an easy to understand vocabulary to help the reader use the jargon of the field with a real understanding of the underlying concepts; 2) The principles of operation of components used in existing circuits and systems; 3) Safe handling procedures and failures modes for the logic devices likely to be encountered in the field.

Understanding Digital Electronics: How Microcomputers and Microprocessors Work

Science & Math

O'Connor, Patrick Joseph

Technology

Pearson P T R

In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded. But until now, little attention has been paid to the Midwest, despite the presence and popularity of blues in these heartland communities. Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community seeks to address this gap in music history by exploring the lively Wichita blues tradition. In interviews with nineteen African American Wichita blues performers, author Patrick Joseph O'Connor reveals the evolution of the blues from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond. Utilizing twenty-five years of fieldwork, Wichita Blues details the history of performance and camaraderie among the musicians of this often-neglected regional sound. The personal interviews offer unique insight into topics that shape Wichita's sound, including how migration from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas brought varied artists to the area and the ways musical traditions cross racial divides and generations. The artists articulate the poetics of the blues and the diverse regional influences that can be detected in their music. In exploring the Wichita blues tradition, O'Connor traces African American history in Kansas, ranging from the Exoduster movement in the late nineteenth century and minstrel shows across the state to Black cowboys and growing urban African American communities in Topeka and Wichita. Including a foreword by renowned music scholar David Evans, Wichita Blues allows seasoned blues musicians to tell their own stories and paints a picture of the vibrant Black music scene in the city.

Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community (American Made Music Series)

Arts & Photography

Music

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Artists and writers Jim Davis, Robert Branaman, Alan Russo, Dave Haselwood, Michael McClure, Bruce Conner, and Charles Plymell all spent time in a Wichita bar, A Blackout, formerly The Silver Dollar. So did musicians Mike Finnegan and Jerry Hahn. A Blackout Tavern, 2930 E. 21st, a fixture in Wichita's Movement since the 1950s, has been gone over fifteen years. Pat O'Connor has collected several stories connected with the tavern into a book, Tales From A Blackout. Wichita made its mark on the national counterculture, and the scenery of the 1950s and 1960s is accurately described in this book. From its days in Wichita's beat era, the bar was a gathering place for the unconventional--beat poets, folk singers and early acid rock bands. And there was a loyalty to the bar, shown in the bumper stickers that declared "I Drink At A Blackout" on a black and red flag.

Tales From A Blackout : 1960s Counterculture

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Rowfant Press

Delano: Stories from the Neighborhood

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