The Pop, Rock, and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates

By David Brackett

Book Overview

This title is a collection of readings following the evolution of American popular music from the 1920's to the present. Pulling together articles, excerpts, and critical commentary from scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and biographies, the reader provides a vivid history of pop, rock, and soul in America.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195125703
• ISBN13: 9780195125702
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 1.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Shape

Book in great shape, but never received a "shipped" confirmation and could not follow the delivery time.

Hard to Beat

This book does a shockingly good job of covering the whole 20th century in music. If there's one gap that could be filled, I wish the author had added more of himself. Choosing to view his task as being more of an editor than an author, he provides a minimum of connective material, just enough to tie things together. Tell us more, David!

Pop, Rock and Soul Reader

This book arrived on time and was in good condition. It was cheap to get which is a blessing for a college student.

A nice round-up of articles on rock history

I'm using this book for a Social History of Rock and Roll class, and it's an incredibly easy read without being dumb. The subject matter is complex, but it's done in a way that's presented with a good setup to give you the proper background and context for each article and why it's important. We're skipping around for the class, but I'll be putting this book on my nightstand/in my house for quick 10-min reads. Superb collection.