{"product_id":"rock-roll-an-unruly-history","title":"Rock \u0026 Roll An Unruly History","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobert Palmer. Used. Very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRock and roll is a profoundly American art form, the musical expression of revolutionary changes in popular culture and values, a Dionysian eruption that hit the white-bread fifties like a hurricane.  It was a force destined to shake up subsequent decades and transform American culture.  Throughout its nearly four-decade history, rock and roll has continued to reinvent itself, to challenge, to upset as well as delight, to break rules and make new ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRock \u0026amp; Roll: An Unruly History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the companion guide to PBS's ten-part series on rock that aired in September.  When PBS first conceived the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRock \u0026amp; Roll\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series, they sought out Robert Palmer, an acclaimed rock historian, writer, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's first full-time pop music critic, to help assemble the names, events, and landmarks that are the terrain of rock history.  Palmer acted as the chief advisor to the series and it was this association that inspired him to write \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eROCK \u0026amp; ROLL:  An Unruly History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47506706366637,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/rock-roll-an-unruly-history","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}