Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. These Little Instruments, of Which They Are So Fond 5
6. Chapter 2. The Sound of Pa, Ko, Li 20
7. Chapter 3. The National Instrument of Hawaii 37
8. Chapter 4. Have You Seen the Bouncing Flea? 55
9. Chapter 5. A Landscape Set to Music 74
10. Chapter 6. A Craze of the Frisco Exposition 92
11. Chapter 7. The Height of Its Popularity 114
12. Chapter 8. Made of a New Gleaming Plastic Material 136
13. Chapter 9. The Growing Underground Movement 153
14. Appendix A: Chronological List of Early Hawaiian Luthiers 167
15. Appendix B: Annotated Checklist of Selected ‘Ukulele Methods and Songbooks, 1894–1920 173
16. Notes 179
17. Bibliography 253
18. Index 271