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Book Title: Selling Sound : the Rise of the Country Music Industry
Number of Pages: 306 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Topic: Business Aspects, Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2007
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Diane Pecknold
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Refiguring American Music Ser.
Format: Perfect
