From corporates and media to state control

International perspectives on the music business

Authors

  • Richard Coopey Aberystwyth University Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v6i3.345

Keywords:

pop music, music 'industry', business and economy, capitalism

Abstract

Richard Coopey introduces this special issue of Popular Music History: From corporates and media to state control: International perspectives on the music business

Author Biography

  • Richard Coopey, Aberystwyth University

    Richard Coopey is Senior Lecturer at Aberystwyth University. He has written widely on business and technology history, including the history of IT, mail order retailing and venture capital. He is currently working on the history of the popular music and fashion retailing industries in Britain since 1945.

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Oldham, Andrew Loog. 2000. Stoned: A Memoir of London in the 1960s. London: Secker and Warburg.

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Peterson, Richard A., and David G. Berger. 1975. ‘Cycles in Symbol Production: The Case of Popular Music’. American Sociological Review 40 (April): 158–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2094343

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Published

2012-11-12

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Introduction

License

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How to Cite

Coopey, R. (2012). From corporates and media to state control: International perspectives on the music business. Popular Music History, 6(3), 345-249. https://doi.org/10.1558/pomh.v6i3.345