Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles Stars and Stories that Shaped Our Culture

This is another example of a publisher offering both print and e-book formats for its catalogue of information resources. This particular title has one of the longest subtitles I have ever seen; I guess that it is supposed to make it stand out from other resources that discuss music in the USA. In print, this reference work comprises four volumes; the e-book format, as here reviewed, provides the same. It is obvious that the proofs for this work (and most likely all other offerings) are linked up online, meaning that the power of technology is only meant to provide an...