| Description |
x, 313 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-306) and index. |
| Contents |
The nationalization of country music -- Radio barn dances, schoolhouse shows, and "hillbilly" domestication : progressive country music in the prewar era -- The great breakthrough : World War II and the national acceptance of country music -- The southwestern component : Texas swing, western swing, and urban country music -- The modernization of country music -- Alternative string bands and old-time revivalists : the postwar traditionalists -- Country music at the dawn of the sunbelt era : honky-tonk and the promotional blitz -- The sophistication of country music : the rise of country pop in the postwar decade -- Across the great divide : country blues renaissance and the centralization of country music. |
| Subject |
Country music -- To 1951 -- History and criticism.
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Country music. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1951 |
| Subject |
Country music -- 1951-1960 -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
1951-1960 |
| Subject |
Country music -- Social aspects.
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Country music -- Social aspects. |
| ISBN |
0820326224 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0820326232 paperback alkaline paper |
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