The Paris of the West : San Francisco at the turn of the century
From the quake to the crash
The politics of class : the San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the lure of European culture (1911-1930)
The politics of race : Chinatown, forbidden and alluring
Interlude 1 : two musical tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown
The politics of labor : the union(s), the clubs and theaters, and the predicament of black musicians
Musical utopias : Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory
Opera : the people's music or a diversion for the rich?
The Depression and beyond
The despair of the Depression and the clash of race
Ultramodernism and other contemporary offerings : looking west, challenging the East
The politics of work : idealism confronts bureaucracy in the Federal Music Project
Interlude 2 : highlights from San Francisco's Federal Music Project : take your choice and keeton's concert spirituals
Welcoming the world : San Francisco's fairs of 1915 and 1939?-1940
