Braun, Ernest and Stuart Macdonald. Revolution in Miniature: the History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics. NY: Cambridge Uuniversity Press, 1978.
Brooks, Tim and Brian A. L. Rust. The Columbia Master Book Discography, 4 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1999. 2128 pages, $395.00, catalogs all Columbia discs 1901-1934 made in the U.S. and includes a history of the Columbia Phonograph Company to 1934.
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Campbell-Kelly, Martin and William Aspray. Computer: a history of the information machine. New York: Basic Books, 1996. 342 p, is one of teh best one-volume narrative histories of the computer from its 19th century origins to the 1980s, but not the recent era of the Information Age and Internet.
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Chase, Gilbert. America's Music, from the Pilgrims to thePresent. New York, 1955, 1966, 3rd edition 1988 includes adiscographical essay by William Brooks, revised edition 1992. This bookhas long been a standard history of American music.
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Gillett, Charlie. Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock nRoll. New York, 1970, Dell paperback 1972, explains rock as aproduct of urban culture.
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