In America and the American Record Business, Don Cusic weaves the history of the music, the business and the technology that has created the contemporary recording industry against a backdrop of American history. The music, business is the music, the business and the technology rolled together and Cusic chronicles the development of each and how they are intertwined. The development of pop, country music, blues, jazz and other forms of commercial music, along with the creation of major record labels and the development of the technology that captured the music is told against the background of American history.