Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Photographs IX
4. Preface XI
5. Prologue: Something Happened 1
6. 1. Congress Vetoes Culture 13
7. 2. The Artist and the Politicians 42
8. 3. The American National Arts Act 64
9. 4. Ike Likes the Arts 93
10. 5. Who'll Pay the Fiddler? 119
11. 6. The New Frontier in the Arts 151
12. 7. The National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 181
13. Epilogue: Looking Backward 219
14. Notes 233
15. Selected Bibliography 275
16. Index 297