LEADER 02570nam 22005534a 450 001 9910454294203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-02672-0 010 $a9786612026720 010 $a0-313-35246-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707848 035 $a(EBL)494798 035 $a(OCoLC)646068831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376004 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376004 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10328188 035 $a(PQKB)10139462 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494798 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL494798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271256 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202672 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707848 100 $a20080325d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscovering country music$b[electronic resource] /$fDon Cusic 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cPraeger$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-35245-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-205) and index. 327 $aCountry music: what is it? -- Early country music -- On radio & in the movies -- Country music in the 1940s -- Country music in the 1950s -- Politics and country music -- Country music & the national media -- Country music in the 1960s and 1970s -- The 1980s and 1990s -- Country radio -- Country music international -- Politics and religion -- The twenty-first century -- The road ahead. 330 $aDiscovering 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 N? 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 th 606 $aCountry music$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCountry music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.642 700 $aCusic$b Don$0892814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454294203321 996 $aDiscovering country music$91994372 997 $aUNINA