Techno rebels the renegades of electronic funk - Sicko, Dan (Wayne State University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Although the most vital and innovative trend in contemporary music, techno is notoriously difficult to define. What, exactly, is techno? Author Dan Sicko offers an entertaining, informed, and in-depth answer to this question in Techno Rebels, the music's authoritative American chronicle and a must-read for all fans of techno popular music, and contemporary culture
Preface -- Welcome to the machine: America wakes up to techno, 1997-2010 -- Party out of bounds: the pre-history of techno, 1978-1983 -- Time to express: techno's first artists emerge, 1981-1989 -- Nation to nation: finding a home in Britain's rave culture, 1988-1991 -- Off to battle: redefining the Detroit underground, 1990-1995 -- Applied technology: the myth of techno collides with reality, 1991-2001 -- Beyond the dance: the future sound of techno, 1999-?