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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

1/1/1977 - 1/31/1978

Funding Totals

$18,630.00 (approved)
$18,630.00 (awarded)

Study of the Social Structure and Recent History of the Nashville-Based American Country Music Industry

FAIN: FA-11730-77

Richard A. Thompson
Arizona Board of Regents (Tucson, AZ 85721-0073)

To examine and analyze the social structure and recent history of the Nashville-based American country music industry. Study will differ from other works in that it will study the producers of entertainment rather than the entertainers. PI will use formal interviews and participant observation to study the corporate context of the country music industry.