America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society

by Kenneth J. Bindas

Book Overview

Popular music may be viewed as primary documents of society, and America's Musical Pulse documents the American experience as recorded in popular sound. Whether jazz, blues, swing, country, or rock, the music, the impulse behind it, and the reaction to it reveal the attitudes of an era or generation. Always a major preoccupation of students, music is often ignored by teaching professionals, who might profitably channel this interest to further...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275943062
• ISBN13: 9780275943066
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Rob

This book was exactly how they said it was going to be. One corner bent but still in excellent condition.