American popular music : from minstrelsy to MP3 /
Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete, colorful, and authoritative introduction of its kind. In the fifth edition of their best-selling text, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman provide a unique combination of cultu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Summary: | Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete, colorful, and authoritative introduction of its kind. In the fifth edition of their best-selling text, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman provide a unique combination of cultural and social history with the analytical study of musical styles. New to this edition, Increased coverage of women in popular music throughout all eras, Enhanced coverage of early country music, folk music, the development of jazz (particularly jazz vocalists), rap, and hip hop, Updated coverage of today's top acts, including Adele, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar, Also New: Dashboard for American Popular Music delivers streaming audio, digital listening guides, auto-graded assessment material, an interactive eBook, and more in a simple, informative, and mobile-friendly format. Access to Dashboard for American Popular Music is included with all new paperback and loose-leaf copies of the text and available for separate purchase at www.oup.com/dashboard. See the preface for additional detaisl. Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 641 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-613), Streaming audio playlist (page 616) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190632991 0190632992 |