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Tables of Contents for America's Musical Pulse
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Introduction: The Importance of Music to People
xi
Rudolf E. Radocy
PART I. POLITICS
Popular Music as Politics and Protest
3
10
Jerome Rodnitzky
``Blues What I Am'': Blues Consciousness and Social Protest
13
10
Fred J. Hay
Proud to Be an American: Patriotism in Country Music
23
10
Melton A. McLaurin
``Still Boy-Meets-Girl Stuff'': Popular Music and War
33
12
Jeffrey C. Livingston
PART II. CLASS
Social and Geographic Characteristic of Country Music
45
8
James E. Akenson
The Music of the Dispossessed: The Rise of the Blues
53
10
William Barlow
Emerging from America's Underside: The Black Musician from Ragtime to Jazz
63
10
Burton W. Peretti
Race, Class, and Ethnicity among Swing Musicians
73
10
Kenneth J. Bindas
Rock and Roll and the Working Class
83
8
James R. McDonald
Rock Is Youth/Youth Is Rock
91
10
Deena Weinstein
PART III. ECONOMICS
Music as Commodity: Effect and Influence
101
12
Scott John Hammond
The Development of Tin Pan Alley
113
10
Craig H. Roell
Small Business and the Recording Industry
123
14
Martin Laforse
The Business of Popular Music: A Short History
137
12
Patrick R. Parsons
Taking Care of Business: The Commercialization of Rock Music
149
18
George M. Plasketes
PART IV. RACE
The African-American Contribution to Jazz
167
8
William Howland Kenney III
The Day Hank Williams Died: Cultural Collisions in Country Music
175
10
Nolan Porterfield
Swing and Segregation
185
10
Charles A. Nanry
The Role and Image of African Americans in Rock and Roll
195
10
Charles R. Warner
PART V. GENDER
Equal Time: A Historical Overview of Women in Jazz
205
8
Linda Dahl
Women and Country Music
213
8
Karen Saucier Lundy
One Voice: The Legacy of Women Singers in Popular Music
221
8
Therese L. Lueck
Lyrical Sexism in Popular Music: A Quantitative Examination
229
10
Virginia W. Cooper
PART VI. SOCIAL CONTEXT
The Ragtime Controversy
239
10
David Joyner
Debating with Beethoven: Understanding the Fear of Early Jazz
249
8
Kathy J. Ogren
Sounds of Seduction: Sex and Alcohol in Country Music Lyrics
257
12
Charles Jaret
Jacqueline Boles
The Homogenization of Early Rock and Roll
269
12
Richard Aquila
Conclusion: The Impact of Popular Music in Society
281
8
John Orman
Index
289
8
About the Editor and Contributors
297