Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. MAP AND FIGURES ix
4. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND TRANSLATION xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1 THE BIRTH OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY IN NORTH AFRICA 19
8. 2 THE ARAB FOXTROT AND THE CHARLESTON 46
9. 3 NATIONALIST RECORDS 81
10. 4 LISTENING FOR WORLD WAR II 105
11. 5 SINGING INDEPENDENCE 140
12. 6 CURTAIN CALL 171
13. CONCLUSION 199
14. NOTES 207
15. DISCOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 257
16. INDEX 281