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Country Music: A Cultural and Stylistic History. By Jocelyn R. Neal. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. - Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Scene. By Travis Stimeling. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2016

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