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High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

Marc Masters - The University of North Carolina Press
Format: Paperback

The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle changed music history. Make your own tapes! Trade them with friends! Tape over the ones you don't like! The cassette tape upended pop culture, creating movements and uniting communities....
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Revolutions in American Music: Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds

Michael Broyles - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The story of how unexpected connections between music, technology, and race across three tumultuous decades changed American culture.How did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock...
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Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of our Architectural Treasures

Richard Cahan - CityFiles Press
Format: Hardcover

Lost in America documents the life and death of America's architectural and historic treasures. The book is based on a remarkable archive created by the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) , a Works Progress Administration project that still documents the nation's most important...
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