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Introduction

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

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
In Praise of Commercial Culture
This chapter is in the book In Praise of Commercial Culture
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029934-002

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
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