Baseball and Country Music

Baseball and Country MusicThe histories of baseball and country music ran in parallel tracks through most of the twentieth century. America's sport and America's music moved from the fringes to the mainstream, gaining exposure and building heroes, first via radio broadcasts and then on the television screen. Both evolved with American society through wartime, the Civil Rights movement, and into the age of multimillion dollar superstars. Don Cusic offers an engaging and

The histories of baseball and country music ran in parallel tracks through most of the twentieth century. America's sport and America's music moved from the fringes to the mainstream, gaining exposure and building heroes, first via radio broadcasts and then on the television screen. Both evolved with American society through wartime, the Civil Rights movement, and into the age of multimillion dollar superstars. Don Cusic offers an engaging and insightful analysis that addresses race, gender, class, ethnicity, business practices and marketing, performance, media, and the cult of celebrity.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 10/16/2003
ISBN: 9780879728588
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2004 pg. 2083