LEADER 02688nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910823963503321 005 20080402174800.0 010 $a979-84-00-64117-6 010 $a1-282-02672-0 010 $a9786612026720 010 $a0-313-35246-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400641176 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(Au-PeEL)EBL494798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271256 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL202672 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400641176BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC494798 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707848 100 $a20080325e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscovering country music /$fDon Cusic 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Publishers,$d2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a979-82-16-07505-9 311 $a0-313-35245-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCountry 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. 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 615 0$aCountry music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a781.642 700 $aCusic$b Don$01600788 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823963503321 996 $aDiscovering country music$93924078 997 $aUNINA