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American popular music from minstrelsy to MP3

Title
American popular music from minstrelsy to MP3 / Larry Starr, Christopher Waterman.
Author
Starr, Larry.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors
Waterman, Christopher Alan, 1954-
Description
xix, 537 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 24 cm. +
Subject
Popular music > United States > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Themes and streams of American popular music -- "After the ball" : popular music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- "Catching as the small-pox" : social dance and jazz, 1917-1935 -- "I got rhythm" : the golden age of Tin Pan Alley song -- "St. Louis blues" : race records and hillbilly music -- "In the mood" : the swing era, 1935-1945 -- "Choo choo ch'boogie" : the postwar era, 1946-1954 -- "Rock around the clock" : rock 'n' roll, 1954-1959 -- "Good vibrations" : American pop and the British invasion, 1960s -- "Blowin' in the wind" : country, soul, urban folk, and the rise of rock, 1960s -- The 1970s : rock music, disco, and the popular mainstream -- Outsiders' music : progressive country, reggae, punk, funk, and rap, 1970s -- The 1980s : digital technology, MTV, and the popular mainstream -- "Smells like teen spirit" : hip-hop, "alternative" music, and the entertainment business -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780195396300 (pbk.)
  • 0195396308 (pbk.)
LCCN
2009034691
OCLC
  • on1312509752
  • SCSB-14165151
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library