Country music, U.S.A.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malone, Bill C.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The folk background before commercialism
  • The early period of commercial hillbilly music
  • The first country singing star : Jimmie Rodgers
  • Country music during the depression
  • The cowboy image and the growth of western music
  • The war years : the national expansion of country music
  • The boom period : the emergence of a big business, 1946-1953
  • The development of country-pop music and the Nashville sound
  • The reinvigoration of modern country music, 1960-1972
  • Bluegrass
  • Country music, 1972-1984
  • Tradition and change : country music, 1985-2002.