The house that George built : with a little help from Irving, Cole, and a crew of about fifty / by Sheed, Wilfrid

"No legs, no jokes, no chance" : a history of the American musical theater / by Patinkin, Sheldon

Table of Contents: “…. -- From Babes in Toyland to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" -- From The Firefly to Yip-yip-yaphank -- From The Scandals of 1919 to the Cotton Club -- From Lady, Be Good! …”

Everybody's doin' it : sex, music, and dance in New York, 1840-1917 / by Cockrell, Dale

The business : a history of popular music from sheet music to streaming / by Napier-Bell, Simon

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay: The beginning of the music business -- Around and around: The beginning of records -- The song is you: Max Dreyfus -- Give my regards to Broadway: The American musical -- Alexander's ragtime band: Irving Berlin -- Stardust: Making it, 1910 style -- The winner takes it all: Pirating and other problems -- Pennies from heaven: ASCAP and PRS -- Pack up your troubles: First World War -- Cheek to cheek: Jazz and Jews -- Prohibition blues: Don't drink, dance -- I got rhythm: Black music goes mainstream -- On the radio: Wireless kills and rescues records -- Don't trust nobody: Pushy publishers, dodgy producers -- Let's do it: Special relationships -- Brother can you spare a dime?…”

A new literary history of America /

Table of Contents: “…Chesnutt, The marrow of tradition / John Edgar Wideman -- 1901; 1903, The problem of the color line / Arnold Rampersad -- 1903, "The real American has not yet arrived" / Aviva Taubenfeld ; The invention of the blues / Luc Sante ; One sees what one sees / Daniel Albright -- 1904, Henry James in America / Ross Posnock -- 1905, Little Nemo in Slumberland / Kerry Roeder ; 1906, The Azusa Street revival / RJ Smith ; The San Francisco Earthquake / Kathleen Moran -- 1911, "Alexander's Ragtime Band" / Philip Furia -- 1912, Lifeboats cut adrift / Alan Ackerman ; The lure of impossible things / Heather Love ; Tarzan begins his reign / Gerald Early -- 1913, A modernist moment / Bonnie Costello -- 1915, D.W. …”