Tracking the tide : the new wave washes in and out -- The second British Invasion and its aftermath : from new pop to modern rock -- From neurasthenia to nervousness : the whiteness of the new wave -- Camp! kitsch! trash! new wave and the politics of irony -- "(I wish it could be) 1965 again" : power pop and the mining of rock's modern past -- "Roll over guitar heroes, synthesizers are here . . ." -- Kings of the wild frontier -- Epilogue : The new wave revival.
