02656nam 2200577 a 450 991078273970332120080402174800.0979-84-00-64117-61-282-02672-097866120267200-313-35246-110.5040/9798400641176(CKB)1000000000707848(EBL)494798(OCoLC)646068831(SSID)ssj0000376004(PQKBManifestationID)11256098(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376004(PQKBWorkID)10328188(PQKB)10139462(Au-PeEL)EBL494798(CaPaEBR)ebr10271256(CaONFJC)MIL202672(MiAaPQ)EBC494798(DLC)BP9798400641176BC(EXLCZ)99100000000070784820080325e20082024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscovering country music[electronic resource] /Don CusicWestport, Conn. :Praeger Publishers,2008.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-313-35245-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Country music : what is it? -- Early country music -- On radio & in the movies -- Country music in the '40s -- Country music in the '50s -- Politics and country music -- Country music & the national media -- Country music in the '60s and '70s -- The '80s and '90s -- Country radio -- International -- Politics and religion -- The 21st century -- The road ahead.Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years. In order to understand what country music is, and why, it is essential to understand how it makes its money Ñ the basic revenue streams, the major companies involved, and how country artists are booked and marketed. Author Don Cusic helps readers do that, and goes even further, covering not only the business and the technology thCountry musicHistory and criticismCountry musicHistory and criticism.781.642Cusic Don1498239DLCDLCBOOK9910782739703321Discovering country music3723741UNINA