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Alan Booth & Paul Hyland, eds. The Practice of University History Teaching
Alan Booth & Paul Hyland, eds. The Practice of University History Teaching. Manchester & New York: Manchester University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 258....
Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 03/22/04 by Timothy Berg · More from publication -
Grand Ole Opry
The longest-running radio show in broadcasting history, the Grand Ole Opry has long been the symbolic center of country music. It represents the...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Timothy Berg · More from publication -
Suburbia
The development of suburbs--residential communities on the outskirts of cities--was one of the most dominant features of American life in the...
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Reggae
Reggae is a broad term encompassing a related variety of musical styles that emerged from the island nation of Jamaica after 1960. These styles...
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Dave Macon, Uncle
Uncle Dave Macon, singer, songwriter, and banjo player, was one of the earliest pioneers of country music. Born in 1870 in Smart Station,...
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Brill Building
The Brill Building, located at 1619 Broadway in New York City, was the center of Tin Pan Alley, New York's songwriting and music publishing...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
With his smooth bass voice and warm country charm, Ernest Jennings "Tennessee Ernie" Ford became one of the first country music stars to cross both...
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Soul Music
Soul music emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s as one of the most distinctive forms in the history of American popular music. For black...
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Bluegrass
Since its development in the mid-1940s, bluegrass music has become one of the most distinctive American musical forms, attracting an intense...
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Blues
Blues music emerged in the early twentieth century in the United States as one of the most distinctive and original of American musical forms. It...
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture, 01/29/02 by Timothy Berg · More from publication
