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Tables of Contents for World Musics in Context
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Plates
xi
List of Maps
xvi
Foreword by Laurence Picken
1
30
Introduction
31
16
Part One Genesis
47
96
1 Elemental Features of Music
49
15
2 Aspects of Civilization
64
13
3 Early Oligarchies in Mesopotamia and Egypt
77
17
4 Diverging Traditions 1: South and Central Asia
94
24
5 Diverging Traditions 2: Europe
118
25
Part Two Traditional Musics of Africa and Asia
143
266
6 Africa
145
40
7 West Asia
185
40
8 The Indian Subcontinent
225
42
9 South East Asia
267
56
10 East Asia
323
86
Part Three Europe
409
72
11 New Horizons
411
28
12 Enlightenment
439
17
13 Disintegration
456
25
Part Four The New World
481
116
14 Cultural Mix in Latin America
483
50
15 Europeans North of Mexico
533
30
16 Africans North of Mexico
563
34
Part Five The Modern World
597
99
17 Tradition and Change
599
17
18 Westernization and National Musical Identity in Africa and Asia
616
55
19 The Postmodern West
671
25
Bibliography
696
21
Credits for Illustrations
717
2
Index
719