Malone, Bill C. <br/><br/>
Country music, U.S.A. / 
 Country music, USA 
by Bill C. Malone and Jocelyn R. Neal. 
 - 3rd rev. ed. 
 - Austin :  University of Texas Press,  2010. 
 - xx, 664 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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 -- A new century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0292723296 (pbk.) 9780292723290 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB095042  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015623343  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Country music--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML 3524  / .M34 2010