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Book SynopsisTrade Review"There are no other works that even begin to approach this definitive accomplishment." -- Amanda Porterfield, author of
Female Piety in Puritan New EnglandTable of ContentsPreface vii
Introduction xi
Part 1: European Antecedents 1. The Pre-Reformation Tradition 3
2. The Voices of Protestant Reformers 19
Part 2: American Attitudes 3. The Puritans in New England: The Seventeenth Century 47
4. The Gentry and the Awakening: The Eighteenth Century 70
5. Early Evangelicals and American Etiquette: 1800-1839 106
6. The Evangelical Mainstream and Radical Reformers: 1840-60 141
7. Conservatives, Liberals, and the City: 1865-89 193
8. Embattled Fundamentalists and the Rhetoric of Moral Panic: 1890-1939 236
9. Urban Reformers and the Dance Hall: 1908-40 292
10. The Polemic Upstaged: 1930-69 and Beyond 320
Part 3: Critical Variables and Cultural Context 11. The Nature of Dance and the Polemic in Reprise 363
12. Aesthetics, Morality, and Gender 383 Appendix A. Bible Verses on Dance 401
B. Known European Adversaries of Dance 407
C. Lesser-Known Adversaries Mentioned in the Text 413 Index 423
