American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga
Series consultant and author Mark Mussari takes readers on a journey from the beginnings of rock and roll and the nascent youth culture of the 1950s and 1960s through the materialistic years of the 1980s into the still-being-defined early twenty-first century. In this fascinating book, this record of the ever-changing world of American culture is highlighted with a fabulous variety of photographs from the last six decades.
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American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga
Series consultant and author Mark Mussari takes readers on a journey from the beginnings of rock and roll and the nascent youth culture of the 1950s and 1960s through the materialistic years of the 1980s into the still-being-defined early twenty-first century. In this fascinating book, this record of the ever-changing world of American culture is highlighted with a fabulous variety of photographs from the last six decades.
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American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga

American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga

by Mark Mussari
American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga

American Life and Music from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga

by Mark Mussari

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Series consultant and author Mark Mussari takes readers on a journey from the beginnings of rock and roll and the nascent youth culture of the 1950s and 1960s through the materialistic years of the 1980s into the still-being-defined early twenty-first century. In this fascinating book, this record of the ever-changing world of American culture is highlighted with a fabulous variety of photographs from the last six decades.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608709229
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 08/16/2013
Series: Cavendish Square Pop Culture Series
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile: 1300L (what's this?)
Age Range: 12 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

1 1950s: Youth Culture and the Birth of Rock 7

2 1960s: Rock and Rebellion in a Decade of Change 19

3 1970s: Decade of Indulgence-Rock as Big Business 33

4 1980s: Material Culture 47

5 1990s: Alternative Sounds, Divas, and Country-Pop 63

6 2000s: Culture of Communication 75

Conclusion 85

Notes 86

Further Information 88

Bibliography 90

Index 91

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