Creating country music : fabricating authenticity /

This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams.

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Main Author: Peterson, Richard A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1997.
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Summary:This work traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams.
Physical Description:xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-289) and indexes.
ISBN:0226662845
9780226662848
9780226662855
0226662853