City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America

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City Folk NYU SERIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANALYSIS General Editor: Andrew Ross Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times Andrew Ross City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America Daniel J. Walkowitz City Folk English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America Daniel J. Walkowitz a New York Universit y Press New York and London New York University Press New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2010 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walkowitz, Daniel J. City folk : English country dance and the politics of the folk in modern America / Daniel J. Walkowitz. p. cm. — (NYU series in social and cultural analysis) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978–0–8147–9469–2 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0–8147–9469–6 (cl : alk. paper) 1. Country dance—United States—History. 2. Folk dancing—United States—History. 3. Dance—Social aspects—United States—History. 4. Folk dancing, English. I. Title. GV1623.W4 2010 793.3’1973—dc22 2009044351 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Lucy Miriam Turner-Walkowitz And the next generation of country dancers ...