American Pop: How Music Shaped the 1960s


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From the bestselling American Pop series comes a sharp, immersive look at how music defined—an divided—th 1960s.American Pop: How Music Shaped the 1960s traces the decade when sound became a battleground for culture, politics, and identity. From surf rock to Motown, folk revival to psychedelia, and the British Invasion to protest songs, music did more than soundtrack the era—itbecame one of its most powerful forces. Taylor Prescott explores how records, radios, festivals, and television broadcasts turned musicians into cultural icons and their songs into shared experiences that shaped national debates.Moving beyond nostalgia, this book examines the ways music intersected with key movements of the time: civil rights, antiwar protests, the counterculture, and generational rebellion.