Dancing in the English style

Dancing in the English styleThis book illuminates the history of popular dance, one of the most influential and widespread leisure practices in early twentieth century Britain. It focuses on the relationship between dancing and national identity construction, in a period when Britain participated in increasingly global markets of cultural production, consumption and exchange.

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Joseph Laurent

are not well-known today because many of their plays were lost – or presumed to be lost – during the war years

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Critical comparisons are made across a wide variety of catastrophic experiences and memories

J B Priestley

This book offers a broad sweep of 500 years of history in the light of three key themes: consumers and producers

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featuring contributions from scholars

and this book marks a fresh contribution to a burgeoning area of interest

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