Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Study of American Popular Music

Chapter 2: Popular Music Before Rock and Roll: Technology, Business and Sound

Chapter 3: Rhythm 'n Blues and the Emergence of Rock 'n Roll

Chapter 4: Folk, Country, and the Beginnings of a Folk Revival

Chapter 5: Introduction to 1960s Pop Music

Chapter 6: The British Invasion

Chapter 7: The Counterculture and Popular Music

Chapter 8: Soul to Funk

Chapter 9: The 1970's in Rock n Roll

Chapter 10: "The 1980s"

Chapter 11: "The 1990s: From Grunge to Napster"