3 The Wealthy City as a Center for Western Art

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The Arts in a Market Economy 15
6. 2 The Market for the Written Word 44
7. 3 The Wealthy City as a Center for Western Art 83
8. 4 From Bach to the Beatles: The Developing Market for Music 129
9. 5 Why Cultural Pessimism? 181
10. Notes 213
11. Index 266