Rock And Roll: A Social History

Now updated with two new chapters and an extraordinary collection of photographs, this second edition of Rock and Roll: A Social History is a smash hit. The book is written in a refreshing, captivating style that pulls the reader in, offering a complete social and cultural history of rock and roll for students and general audiences alike.

Author: Paul Friedlander
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/03/2006
Pages: 398
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.04w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780813343068

About the Author
Dr. Paul Friedlander is Director of California State University, Chico Music Industry Program. He is author of the Encyclopedia Americana "Rock Music" entry, many book chapters and journal articles, and is past-president of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music/American Chapter. As a musician, he has sung with Pete Seeger's Children's Chorus at Carnegie Hall, played bluegrass banjo at southern music festivals, hit notes with New York homeboys The Chapters, played folk music in Moscow's Gorki Park, and rock and rolled across the U.S.A.