{"product_id":"creating-country-music-richard-a-peterson-9780226662855","title":"Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity","description":"In \u003ci\u003eCreating Country Music\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Peterson traces the development of country music and its institutionalization from Fiddlin' John Carson's pioneering recordings in Atlanta in 1923 to the posthumous success of Hank Williams. Peterson captures the free-wheeling entrepreneurial spirit of the era, detailing the activities of the key promoters who sculpted the emerging country music scene. More than just a history of the music and its performers, this book is the first to explore what it means to be authentic within popular culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Peterson] restores to the music a sense of fun and diversity and possibility that more naive fans (and performers) miss. Like Buck Owens, Peterson knows there is no greater adventure or challenge than to 'act naturally.'\"--Ken Emerson, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A triumphal history and theory of the country music industry between 1920 and 1953.\"--Robert Crowley, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Comparative Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the most important books ever written about a popular music form.\"--Timothy White, \u003ci\u003eBillboard Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard A. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226662853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226662855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.24w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1999 pg. 179","brand":"Richard A. Peterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149587804415,"sku":"9780226662855","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7176240b-1b4e-4f0c-b315-7275427b9c45.jpg?v=1688457479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-country-music-richard-a-peterson-9780226662855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}