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Endnotes

1. Oxford English Dictionary

 

2. “Japanese Etiquette: How to Save Yourself From Embarrassment in Japan,” http://www.tofugu.com/2011/08/19/japanese-etiquette

 

3. dictionary.com

 

4. idioms.thefreedictionary.com

 

5. “Billy Sunday” http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3877.html

 

6. “Reverend Ike, Who Preaches Riches, Dies at 74” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/nyregion/30ike.html?_r=0

 

7. “Interpreting Law and Music: Notes on ‘The Banjo Serenader’ and ‘The Lying Crowd of Jews’” http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/jbalkin/articles/interp1.pdf

 

8. “Ragtime Music – Its History, Composers, and Influences” http://www.mfiles.co.uk/ragtime-music.htm

 

9. “Grand Hotel (1932)” http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/582338/Grand-Hotel-Movie-Clip-I-Want-To-Be-Alone-.html

 

10. “Frank Sinatra and Bobby-soxers” http://people.howstuffworks.com/bobby-soxer1.htm

 

11. “The Progressive Era’s Legacy: FDR’s New Deal” http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1228

 

12. “Franklin Delano Roosevelt” http://www.presidents.website

 

13. “J. Edgar Hoover” http://www.biography.com/people/j-edgar-hoover-9343398#synopsis

 

14. “Duke Ellington” http://www.biography.com/people/duke-ellington-9286338#!

 

15. “Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson’ http://www.biography.com/people/bill-bojangles-robinson-9460594

 

16. thefreedictionary.com

 

17. Wilson, James F. Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2011.

 

18. “Harlem Renaissance” http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/harlem-renaissance

 

19. “Cotton Club of Harlem: (1923- )” http://www.blackpast.org/aah/cotton-club-harlem-1923

 

20. “Bessie Smith” http://www.biography.com/people/bessie-smith-9486520#decline-and-revival

 

21. “Cab Calloway” http://www.biography.com/people/cab-calloway-9235609

 

22. “About the Andrews Sisters” http://www.mtv.com/artists/the-andrews-sisters/biography/

 

23. “Frank Sinatra” http://www.biography.com/people/frank-sinatra-9484810#rat-pack

 

24. Hoffman, Warren. The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2014.

 

25. Wolf, Stacy. Changed For Good: A Feminist History of the Broadway Musical. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.

 

26. Kenrick, John. Musical Theatre: A History. New York: Continuum Books, 2008.

 

27. Sklaroff, Lauren Rebecca. Black Culture and the New Deal: The Quest for Civil Rights in the Roosevelt Era.

 

28. “The Hot Mikado.” Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Edited by Colin Larkin. Oxford University Press: 2009. Online.

 

29. “1920s Prohibition: Enforcing the 18th Amendment” http://www.1920-30.com/prohibition/

 

30. “Al Capone” http://www.history.com/photos/al-capone-and-prohibition

 

31. imdb.com

 

32. “Speakeasies of the Prohibition Era” http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-prohibitionspeakeasy.html

 

33. “The Mafia in the United States”  http://www.history.com/topics/mafia-in-the-united-states

 

34. “Billie Holiday” http://www.biography.com/people/billie-holiday-9341902

 

35. “Ethel Waters” http://www.biography.com/people/ethel-waters-9524982

 

36. “Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_The_Wizard_of_Oz

 

37. “Kansas City, KS Poverty Data” http://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Kansas-City-Kansas.html

 

38. Preston, Katherine K. “American Musical Theatre Before the Twentieth Century.” The Cambridge Companion to the Musical. Eds. William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 3-28.

 

39. “10 Reasons Why We Love Gilbert and Sullivan” http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/reasons-love-gilbert-sullivan/#BUjOeXZAQIop0WxP.97

 

40. Wren, Gayden. Most Ingenious Paradox : The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan. Cary, NC, USA: Oxford University Press, 2001. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 21 June 2015.

 

41. “The Mikado” http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/musical001.html

 

42. “Synopsis: The Mikado” http://www.freewebs.com/themikado/synopsisofthemikado.htm

 

43. “Demographics of the NYC Broadway Audience in the 2012-2013 Season” http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/culture/broadway-demographics.htm

 

44. “The Asian American Performers Action Coalition ‘Ethnic Representation on New York City Stages’ Report” http://www.aapacnyc.org/stats-200607-201011.html

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