Inhalt: | The folk background before commercialism -- The early period of commercial hillbilly music -- The first country singing star : Jimmie Rodgers -- Country music during the depression -- The cowboy image and the growth of western music -- The war years : the national expansion of country music -- The boom period : the emergence of a big business, 1946-1953 -- The development of country-pop music and the Nashville sound -- The reinvigoration of modern country music, 1960-1972 -- Bluegrass -- Country music, 1972-1984 -- Tradition and change : country music, 1985-2002. |
