About the Author

PHILIP H. ENNIS is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Wesleyan University. Author of numerous studies on the arts in their social and legal contexts, he has served as consultant to the American Library Association, CBS, and The National Endowment of the Arts.

Reviews

"[A] solid, extensive, well-researched history of rock music."--Library Journal

"The landmark text on a basic element of 20th century American popular culture--rock and roll--that we have long awaited . . . The brilliant distillation of a life of thought and insight, [it] is destined to become a classic in American studies"--Robert Farris Thompson

"This is the landmark text on a basic element of 20th century American popular culture--rock and roll--that we have long awaited The brilliant distillation of a life of thought and insight, [it] is destined to become a classic in American studies."--Robert Farris Thompson, Yale University