Deliberate Speed

The Origins of a Cultural Style in the American 1950s, with a New Preface

1990 • 338 pages

"Ingenious. . . . Lhamon's brief analysis of mid-fifties rock 'n' roll is one of the best in print."--"New England Quarterly." "The oxymoron 'deliberate speed' is a fitting title for this superb book about America in transition."--P.I. Rose, "Choice."