Country music USA

Foreword by Henry Sapoznik

Preface

1. The folk background before commercialism

2. The early period of commercial hillbilly music

3. The first country singing star: Jimmie Rodgers

4. Country music during the depression

5. The cowboy image and the growth of Western music

6. The war years: The national expansion of country music

7. The boom period: The emergence of a big business, 1946-1953

8. The development of country-pop music and the Nashville sound

9. The reinvigoration of modern country music, 1960-1972

10. Bluegrass

11. Country music, 1972-1984

12. Tradition and change: Country music, 1985-2000

13. A new century

Notes

Bibliographical essays

Index

Index of song titles.