Schoenbaum, David. <br/><br/>
The violin :  a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / 
David Schoenbaum. 
 - First edition. 
 - xxvi, 710 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780393084405 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012033866 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Violin.<br/>Violin--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML800  / .S326 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>787.209