America's Instrument : The Banjo in the Nineteenth-Century

Preface xi A Note on Early Photography xv Introduction 1(10) From the Plantation to the Stage: Bringing the Banjo to Market 11(64) An Expanding Market: The Dobson Brothers and the Rise of Banjo Culture 75(62) Selling the Banjo to All America: Philadelphia's S. S. Stewart 137(54) Manufacturing the Real Things: Fairbanks, Cole, and the Golden Age of Boston Banjo Making 191(54) Conclusion 245(10) Glossary 255(4) Notes 259(34) Selected Bibliography 293(4) Index 297