Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures xi
4. Explanatory Note about Audio Examples xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Part One. INTRODUCTIONS
7. 1. Contexts and Strategies 3
8. 2. Nineteenth-Century European Roots: Models and Topics 19
9. 3. Early American Developments: Minstrelsy, Extravaganza, Pantomime, Burlesque, Vaudeville 47
10. 4. American Song through Tin Pan Alley 67
11. Part Two. DEFINING AMERICA
12. 5. Whose (Who’s) America? 103
13. 6. American Mythologies 119
14. 7. Counter-mythologies 153
15. Part Three. MANAGING AMERICA’S OTHERS
16. 8. Race and Ethnicity 181
17. 9. Dealing with the Second World War 228
18. 10. Exoticism 249
19. 11. Afterword: Other Directions, Other Identities 282
20. Appendix A. Art and Commerce: The Business of Making Musicals 285
21. Appendix B. Additional Resources 289
22. Notes 319
23. Bibliography 341
24. Index 351