Introduction: Understanding Swing
The Tempo of the Time
Song of the Jitterbug
New Venues, New Audiences
Between Conjure and Kapital
The Big Bringdown
As American as Baseball and Hotdogs
We Are All Americans
Just Rich Men's Sons
The Incorporation of Swing
Anyone Can Lead a Dance Band
Broadcast Swing
The Jukes Take Over
Are Colored Bands Doomed?
Passing in Hollywood
The Conscription of Swing
Soldiers of Music
The Theater of Race
The Gender Front
Swing and Its Discontents
Tension Music and Concertitis
Smothering the Market
Crewcut, Jarb, Swixibop
Swing Redux
Cracks in the Coalition
That Modern Malice
Jazz Is America's Own
Epilogue: Shall We Dance?
Notes
Index
