The violin: a social history of the world's most versatile instrument

Making it : A star is born ; The golden age ; Over the hills and far away ; The road not taken ; Back to the future ; Last but not least

Selling it : Paying the price ; The French connection ; The Ritz of violin shops ; From modern to postmodern ; "Fiddle, n. A swindle. orig. U.S." ; Violin cases

Playing it : Learning how ; Players in general ; Players in particular ; Founding fathers ; How to get to Carnegie Hall ; Race, class, and gender ; Business and politics

Imagining it : Still pictures worth a thousand words ; Poetry ; Prose ; Moving pictures worth a thousand words.