Introduction: Toward a history of liveness
Selling the nightingale : Jenny Lind, P.T. Barnum, and the management of the American crowd
Staging the spiritual : the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the postbellum public sphere
Economies of performance : Tony Pastor, Ernest Hogan, and the emergence of vaudeville
Remaking liveness : the social geography of early jazz
Culture high and low : reinventing concert music
The perfect package : rock 'n' roll concerts in the 1950s
Crowds, chaos, and community : music festivals from Newport to New Orleans
The politics of scale : arenas, stadiums, and the industrialization of liveness
Staging hip-hop : race, rap, and the remapping of musical performance
Conclusion: A homecoming.
