Rockin' in Time: a Social History of Rock and Roll, First Canadian Edition

Rockin’ in Time: A Social History of Rock and Roll, First Canadian Edition

David P. Szatmary, University of Washington Lynsay Ripley, Seneca College

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©2015 Understand the social and historical signiﬁ cance of rock-and-roll in North America. Text 9780205895427 David Szatmary and Lynsay Ripley’s Rockin’ in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll, First Canadian Edition explores the history of rock music within broad social and cultural settings, and its impact on society, with an emphasis on Canada. The text highlights the role that speciﬁ c Canadian artists, songs, venues and issues have played in the social history of rock-and-roll within and beyond Canada’s borders. Among the many Canadian artists discussed in this context are Ronnie Hawkins, The Guess Who, Ashley MacIsaac and Broken Social Scene.

Brief, authoritative, and current, Rockin’ in Time’s engaging narrative style covers topics such as the inﬂ uence of rock music on the civil rights movement (and vice versa), political and economic shifts, demographical change and the baby boomers, the development of the music business in North America, and technology advances.

Instructor Resources Instructor’s Manual Test Item File Brief Contents

Chapter 1 The Blues, Rock-and-Roll, and Chapter 11 Guitar Heroes and Heavy Metal Racism Chapter 12 Escaping into the Seventies Chapter 2 Elvis and Rockabilly Chapter 13 The Era of Excess Chapter 3 The Teen Market: From Bandstand to Chapter 14 Punk Rock and the New Generation Girl Groups Chapter 15 I Want My MTV Chapter 4 Surfboards and Hot Rods: California, Chapter 16 The Promise of Rock-and-Roll Here We Come Chapter 17 Back to the Future: The Rave Chapter 5 The New Frontier Revolution Chapter 6 Motown: The Sound of Integration Chapter 18 The Generation X Blues Chapter 7 The British Invasion of North Chapter 19 Post-Grunge Party America: The Beatles Chapter 20 The Hip-Hop Nation Chapter 8 The British Blues Invasion and Chapter 21 Metal Gumbo: Rockin’ in the Twenty- Garage Rock First Century Chapter 9 Acid Rock Chapter 22 Life During Wartime Chapter 10 Fire from the Streets Chapter 23 Age of the Internet

Features

Rock-and-roll in Canada–Revised and updated by Lynsay Ripley, the text highlights Canadian artists and social movements within the broader scope of the narrative of rock-and-roll in North America. Profi les important female artists from both sides of the border whose music has contributed signifi cantly to the history of rock and roll, including: Wanda Jackson, the fi rst woman to record a rock and roll song; Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose protest songs brought attention to the plight of First Nations people, etc. All-new discussion of signifi cant factors in the development and history of the Canadian music scene, including the CRTC, MuchMusic, the Yorkville Scene, and RPM charts. Explores advances in the accessibility of rock music due to technology including LPs, TV, MTV, MuchMusic, portable players, the iPod, and the internet. Explores the social contexts of rockabilly, folk, hippie culture, British punk, North American punk, hip-hop, goth, grunge, ravers, techno, and more.