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by Glenn C. Altschuler

This is a brilliant account of the birth of rock and roll and how it transformed America in the 1950s. 20 photos.


Summary

The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950s, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, howrock's "switchblade beat" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family, sexuality, and race. For instance, the birth of rock coincided with the Civil Rights movement and brought "race music" into many white homes for the first time. Elvis freely credited blacks withoriginating the music he sang and some of the great early rockers were African American, most notably, Little Richard and Chuck Berry...

First line

Rock 'n' Roll Fight Hospitalizes Youth, the New York Times announced on April 15, 1957.

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  • Title All Shook Up: How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America
  • Author Glenn C. Altschuler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 226
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 2004-12-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780195177497 / 0195177495
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Reading level 1310
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, Rock music - United States - History and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003001214
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.660

About the author

Glenn Altschuler is Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University. He is the author of several books on American history and popular culture, including Changing Channels: America in TV Guide.
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