All shook up : how rock 'n' roll changed America /

All shook up : how rock 'n' roll changed America /

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"The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it 'musical riots put to a switchblade beat'--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Altschuler, Glenn C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
Subjects:
Rock music > Social aspects > United States.
Rock music > United States > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • All shook up : popular music and American culture, 1945-1955
  • Brown-eyed handsome man : rock 'n' roll and race
  • Great balls of fire : rock 'n' roll and sexuality
  • Yakety yak, don't talk back : rock 'n' roll and generational conflict
  • Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news : rock 'n' roll and the pop culture wars
  • The day the music died : rock 'n' roll's lull and revival.

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