Introduction
Chapter 1 The Origins of the American Popular Music Industry
Chapter 2 American Roots Music: Race Records, Hillbilly Records, Early Blues, and Jazz
Chapter 3 The 1940s and 50s
Chapter 4 Early Rock and Roll
Chapter 5 The “Interregnum”
Chapter 6 The Interregnum: The Brill Building, Surf-Rock, and Motown
Chapter 7 The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and the British Invasion
Chapter 8 Folk-Rock
Chapter 9 Rock, Psychedelia, and the 1960s Counterculture
Chapter 10 Rock and Soul and the End of the 1960s
Chapter 11 Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, the Ever-Growing Rock Sound
Chapter 12 Roots Rock, Singer-Songwriters, Americana, Soft-Rock
Chapter 13 Glam-Rock, Rock Theater, and the Emergent “Mainstream” Sound of the New Era
Chapter 14 Soul, Funk, and Disco of the 1970s
Chapter 15 Punk-Rock and Its Roots: From Garages to Revolution
Chapter 16 New Wave, Post-Punk, the Age of Music Video
Chapter 17 Hard-Rock and Heavy Metal
Chapter 18 Hardcore Punk, Alternative Rock, the Advent of Grunge
Chapter 19 From Alternative to Indie: Alternative to the Alternative
Chapter 20 Rock in the 2000s and Beyond
Bibliography