Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
Introduction / Foreword / 1. The Renaissance -- 2. The age of the minuet : Baroque social dancing -- 3. Dancing in the colonies -- 4. Dance in the western United States -- 5. The nineteenth century through the Victorian era -- 6. Made in America -- 7. The early twentieth century -- 8. The roaring twenties -- 9. The mid-twentieth century -- 10. The late twentieth century -- 11. Dancing in the millennium -- Chronology. Elizabeth A. Hanley -- Jacques D'Amboise --
"'Popular Dance: From Ballroom to Hip-Hop' takes readers on a journey through trends and developments in popular dance from European nobles during the Renaissance and early Baroque periods in Europe through to twenty-first century America." -- Book Cover.