Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-306) and index.
Contents:
The nationalization of country music -- Radio barn dances, schoolhouse shows, and "hillbilly" domestication : progressive country music in the prewar era -- The great breakthrough : World War II and the national acceptance of country music -- The southwestern component : Texas swing, western swing, and urban country music -- The modernization of country music -- Alternative string bands and old-time revivalists : the postwar traditionalists -- Country music at the dawn of the sunbelt era : honky-tonk and the promotional blitz -- The sophistication of country music : the rise of country pop in the postwar decade -- Across the great divide : country blues renaissance and the centralization of country music.
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