TY  - BOOK
AU  - Malone,Bill C.
AU  - Neal,Jocelyn R.
TI  - Country music, U.S.A.
SN  - 0292723296 (pbk.)
AV  - ML 3524 .M34 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Country music
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
ER  -