Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

1/1/1973 - 11/30/1973

Funding Totals

$14,691.00 (approved)
$14,691.00 (awarded)


Development of the Country Music Industry from 1925 to the Present

FAIN: RO-11549-73

Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN 37203-2416)
Richard A. Peterson (Project Director: January 1973 to present)

To study a relatively coherent aspect of popular culture, country music, to trace its commercialization from 1925 to the present. The findings will be related to the shifts in style, lyrics, and image which have been documented by Malone and others.