[History 2134A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (109 pages long!)
7 Feb 2017
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He was arrested in london for playing boogie woogie music in the late 1950s. American music was brought to britain, internalized in british music, and. February 23rd, 2016 the roots of the british invasion. February 7th, 1964 arrived at jfk airport in u. s. The beatles brought back to the u. s: millions of fans waiting to greet them, 200 members of american press were there to greet and interview the beatles. This was the definition of the british invasion: helped transition rock n roll to the louder, grittier rock music that emerged later on in the decade. Emerged against a very different back drop than it did in the us. When rock n roll emerged in us, it emerged against a backdrop of abundance (powerful, affluent economy) and when us was becoming the preeminent power in the world. In the uk, rock n roll emerged against a backdrop of osterity and decline.
