Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-390) and index
Preludes of reform : the Chicago Jubilee, Thomas "summer nights" concerts, and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition -- Battle for the baton : ceremonial parks and the landscape of musical reform, 1869-1904 -- I was improvising right from the start : musical progressivism at Hull House, 1889-1919 -- Come over here and listen to the music : municipal power and local authority in the field house parks, 1903-1919 -- Music of the people is music of the world : the Civic Music Association and the racial challenges of World War I and its aftermath, 1912-1919 -- They whirl off the edges of a decent life : unmasking difference at the dance, 1904-1933 -- Sounds of whiteness : urban musical subcultures, race, and the public interest on Chicago airwaves, 1921-1935 -- Sound Americans : echoes of reform from the 1930s to the present