Love for sale : pop music in America / David Hajdu.
Love for sale : pop music in America / David Hajdu.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/5381
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
307 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
He sheet music era: the zenith of the popular music craze -- The rise of records : whispering -- The Cotton Club : jungle nights in Harlem -- The charts : make-believe island -- Going west : Hollywood barn dance -- Rock and roll : they went ca-raaaaazy for it! -- The transistor : mine completely --...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
From the age of song sheets in the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era of digital streaming, pop music has been our most influential laboratory for social and aesthetic experimentation, changing the world three minutes at a time. Hajdu shows how pop has done much more than peddle fantasies of love and sex to teenagers. Exhaustively rese...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Love for sale : pop music in America / David Hajdu.
Portion of title
Pop music in America
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2016
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Call Numbers
G 2017/5381
Record Identifier
74VKVgyVLwZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgyVLwZg
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ISBN
9780374170530 hardcover
0374170533
DDC
781.640973
MMS ID
991024148699602626
