Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Cold War Country by Joseph M. Thompson IV Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but these ties didnt just happen. This readable history reveals how country musics Nashville-based business leaders on Music Row created partnerships with the Pentagon to sell their audiences on military service while selling the music to servicemembers. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but these ties didnt just happen. This readable history reveals how country musics Nashville-based business leaders on Music Row created partnerships with the Pentagon to sell their audiences on military service while selling the music to servicemembers. Beginning in the 1950s, the military flooded armed forces airwaves with the music, hosted tour dates at bases around the world, and drew on artists from Johnny Cash to Lee Greenwood to support recruitment programs. Over the last half of the twentieth century, the close connections between the Defense Department and Music Row gave an economic boost to the white-dominated sounds of country while marginalizing Black artists and fueling divisions over the meaning of patriotism. This story is filled with familiar stars like Roy Acuff, Elvis Presley, and George Strait, as well as lesser-known figures: industry executives who worked the halls of Congress, country artists who dissented from the stereotypically patriotic trappings of the genre, and more. Joseph M. Thompson argues convincingly that the relationship between Music Row and the Pentagon helped shape not only the evolution of popular music but also race relations, partisanship, and images of the United States abroad. Author Biography Joseph M. Thompson is assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University. Review Joseph Thompson tells the fascinating and forgotten story of how the Pentagon and Music Row encouraged and reinforced each other. . . . [and] reveals why this happened."—Boston Globe Details ISBN1469678365 Series Studies in United States Culture Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781469678368 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-04-02 Subtitle How Nashvilles Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2024-04-02 Author Joseph M. Thompson IV Publisher The University of North Carolina Press Imprint The University of North Carolina Press Place of Publication Chapel Hill Illustrations 23 halftones Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY 782.42164209 ISBN-10 1469678365 UK Release Date 2024-04-02 Pages 344 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:158760670;
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