Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Preface xiii
6. Chapter 1 The Folk Background before Commercialism 1
7. Chapter 2 The Early Period of Commercial Hillbilly Music 37
8. Chapter 3 The First Country Singing Star: Jimmie Rodgers 91
9. Chapter 4 Country Music during the Depression 111
10. Chapter 5 The Cowboy Image and the Growth of Western Music 160
11. Chapter 6 The War Years The National Expansion of Country Music 208
12. Chapter 7 The Boom Period The Emergence of a Big Business, 1946–1953 233
13. Chapter 8 The Development of Country-Pop Music and the Nashville Sound 287
14. Chapter 9 The Reinvigoration of Modern Country Music, 1960–1972 314
15. Chapter 10 Bluegrass 380
16. Chapter 11 Country Music, 1972–1984 433
17. Chapter 12 Tradition and Change Country Music, 1985–2000 489
18. Chapter 13 A New Century 545
19. Notes 573
20. Bibliographical Essays 592
21. Index 679
22. Index of Song Titles 733