{"product_id":"9780807886397","title":"The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean to New York City","description":"Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy Cesar Miguel Rondon's celebrated \u003ci\u003eEl libro de la salsa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRondon tells the engaging story of salsa's roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, and of its emergence and development in the 1960s as a distinct musical movement in New York. Rondon presents salsa as a truly pan-Caribbean phenomenon, emerging in the migrations and interactions, the celebrations and conflicts that marked the region. Although salsa is rooted in urban culture, Rondon explains, it is also a commercial product produced and shaped by professional musicians, record producers, and the music industry. For this first English-language edition, Rondon has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123748880624,"sku":"9780807886397","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807886397_p0.jpg?v=1763740975","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807886397","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}