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

Contents

| vii Contents Abbreviations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 I Anglo-American Urban Folk Revivals 1 Revival Stories 15 2 Orderly Bodies: Dancing New York, 1900–1914 42 3 Orderly Bodies: Dancing London, 1900–1914 68 4 Planting a Colony in America 90 5 The American Branch 117 II Liberalism and Folk Reimaginings 6 The Second Folk Revival 161 7 Re-Generation 206 8 Modern English Country Dance and the Culture of Liberalism 238 Conclusion 261 Notes 275 Bibliography 309 Index 323 About the Author 335 ...