{"product_id":"9798216465102","title":"Permanent Holdout Jackson Browne, His Music, His America","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePermanent Holdout\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eJackson Browne, His Music, His America\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCornel Bonca\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eMusic \/ Individual Composer \u0026amp; Musician\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book dives deeply into the music, career, and activism of Jackson Browne within the context of American life and the counterculture movement of the 1960s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown for albums like \u003ci\u003eLate for the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pretender\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRunning on Empty\u003c\/i\u003e, Jackson Browne was a master of capturing the counterculture ethos of the 1960s. Traversing his career over half a century, Cornel Bonca dives deeply into Browne's music and activism-including environmentalism-within the context of American life, revealing a figure still fueled by American ideals like justice, freedom, and equality for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up in Southern California in the early 1960s, Browne was greatly influenced by his mother's progressive politics, the music of Bob Dylan and the speeches of Martin Luther King. Later drawn to the Laurel Canyon rock scene, he moved to Los Angeles and established himself as a songwriter for The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and many others, becoming a fixture of the singer-songwriter movement in the early 1970s. His music in the 1980s was largely political in scope, critiquing America's conservative turn, its militarism in Central America, its nuclear brinksmanship with the Soviet Union, and its dismantling of Great Society social programs. He later returned to the personal music his fans treasured in 1993 with \u003ci\u003eI'm Alive\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrowne's music has since toggled back and forth between the personal and the political, while he himself has remained astonishingly active in local and national politics. This book offers a deep exploration of his music, life, and political activism in the changing face of America over the last fifty years, and why he still matters today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCornel Bonca \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton, USA. His writing has appeared in 2 dozen publications, including \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePaul Simon: An American Tune\u003c\/i\u003e (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield 2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216465102\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.84\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333859999884,"sku":"9798216465102","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216465102","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}