Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
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Availability:In StockContributor:Grace Elizabeth HaleSeries:A Ferris and Ferris BookPublish date:2021-02-01Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469664057ISBN-10:1469664054UPC:9781469664057Book Category:Social Science, MusicBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Ethnomusicology, Regional StudiesSize:9.27 x 6.54 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCZ1K10CSW
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
In the summer of 1978, the B-52's conquered the New York underground. A year later, the band's self-titled debut album burst onto the Billboard charts, capturing the imagination of fans and music critics worldwide. The fact that the group had formed in the sleepy southern college town of Athens, Georgia, only increased the fascination. Soon, more Athens bands followed the B-52's into the vanguard...
Series: A Ferris and Ferris Book
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469664057ISBN-10:1469664054UPC:9781469664057Book Category:Social Science, MusicBook Subcategory:Popular Culture, Ethnomusicology, Regional StudiesSize:9.27 x 6.54 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCZ1K10CSW
Hale, Grace Elizabeth: - Grace Elizabeth Hale is the Commonwealth Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Virginia. Her previous books include A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America and Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890-1940.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
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