A social history of country music from the 1920s to the present, discussing such artists as Patsy Cline, Grandpa Jones, Dolly Parton, and Garth Brooks.

DIVAn ethnographic study of country music, and the bars, life, and everyday speech of its rural fans./div

A close-up look at country music argues that it has become a national art form, reflecting the same themes that have characterized American art and literature o

Now in its sixth decade, country music studies is a thriving field of inquiry involving scholars working in the fields of American history, folklore, sociology,

Written by an experienced teacher and renowned scholar of the genre, Country Music: A Cultural and Stylistic History, Second Edition, offers a chronological nar