America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society Bindas, Kenneth J.

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 understandings of American history and society. In this interdisciplinary collection, topics concerning twentieth-century popular music are related to issues of politics, class, economics, race, gender, and the social context. The focus throughout is to encourage investigation of the complex issues behind the music.

DOI: 10.1336/0275943062 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/B4306.aspx

America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society Paperback, 320 pages, $35.00 Copyright ©1992, Praeger Paperback ISBN: 0-275-94306-2 DOI: 10.1336/0275943062

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