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POPULAR CULTURE

NEW The 100 Greatest

Encyclopedia of Bands of All Time
Classic Rock A Guide to the Legends
Who Rocked the World
DAVID LUHRSSEN
WITH MICHAEL LARSON 2 VOLUMES
DAVID V. MOSKOWITZ, EDITOR
Examining one of the most
popular and enduring genres “ [T]he work is very useful
of American music, this as a reference tool for its
encyclopedia of classic rock fine treatment of major
GREENWOOD from 1965 to 1975 provides GREENWOOD artists. Recommended. All
”
February 2017, 430pp, 7x10 an indispensable resource for November 2015, 756pp, readers.
Print: 978-1-4408-3513-1 8 1/2x11
$89.00, £69.00, €81.00 cultural historians and music Print: 978-1-4408-0339-0 —Choice, May 2, 2016
eBook: 978-1-4408-3514-8 fans.
$189.00, £146.00, €172.00 This one-of-a-kind reference
FEATURES eBook: 978-1-4408-0340-6 investigates the music and the
• Provides readers with musicians that set the popular trends of the last half century in
summaries of the careers of America.
all significant rock artists during a peak period in the music’s
history FEATURES
• Contains an alphabetical collection of entries that each
profile a major group and band from the past 60 years
DAVID LUHRSSEN’S work has appeared in the Journal of
American History, History Today, Historically Speaking, and
other journals. DAVID V. MOSKOWITZ, PhD, is professor and graduate
coordinator of music at the University of South Dakota.
MICHAEL LARSON is a guitar instructor, songwriter, recording
artist, and attorney.
Music of the
The Beatles First World War
Encyclopedia DON TYLER

“
Everything Fab Four This is a rich resource
KENNETH WOMACK for specialized music
and American-history
“ It’s Womack’s book you’ll collections.
”
pick up if you need a fact
”
fast. —Booklist, Starred Review,
September 29, 2016
—Goldmine, GREENWOOD This book discusses WWI-era music
November 15, 2016 March 2016, 283pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
GREENWOOD Print: 978-1-4408-3996-2 in a historical context, explaining
November 2016, 621pp, This condensed paperback $58.00, £45.00, €53.00 music’s importance at home and
6 1/8x9 1/4 encyclopedia documents the eBook: 978-1-4408-3997-9 abroad during WWI as well as
Print: 978-1-4408-4426-3 enduring cultural impact and examining what music was being
$30.00, £24.00, €28.00 musical legacy of the Beatles,
eBook: 978-1-4408-4427-0 sung, played, and danced to during the years prior to America’s
providing readers with a one-stop involvement in the Great War.
resource to the Fab Four’s compelling story and breadth of
achievements. FEATURES
• Covers stage music of the WWI era, including music hall
FEATURES
(British), vaudeville, revues, operettas, and musicals
• Presents expansive, detailed information about the Beatles’
lives and their iconic music that secured their place in history
DON TYLER is a retired music professor from the College of
Central Florida in Ocala, FL.
KENNETH WOMACK is dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School
of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University,
where he also serves as professor of English.
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