@article{331070,
      recid = {331070},
      author = {Rubin, Rachel, and Melnick, Jeffrey Paul.},
      title = {American popular music : new approaches to the twentieth  century /},
      publisher = {University of Massachusetts Press,},
      address = {Amherst [MA] :},
      pages = {viii, 280 p. ;},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {Designed as a broad introductory survey, and written by  experts in the field, this book examines the rise of  American music over the past hundred years--the period in  which that music came into its own and achieved  unprecedented popularity. Beginning with a look at music as  a business, eleven essays explore a variety of musical  genres, including Tin Pan Alley, blues, jazz, country,  gospel, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, folk, rap, and  Mexican American corridos. Reading these essays, we come to  see that the forms created by one group often appeal to,  and are in turn influenced by, other groups, across lines  of race, ethnicity, class, gender, region, and age. The  chapters speak to one another, arguing for the primacy of  such concepts as minstrelsy, urbanization, hybridity, and  crossover as the most powerful tools for understanding  American popular music.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/331070},
}