Contents
Preface |
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The Round Dance Paradigm |
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The State of Research |
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A Survey of the Chapters in the Book |
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The Waltz at Some Central European Courts |
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The Polka as a Czech National Symbol |
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Decency, Health, and Grace Endangered by Quick Dancing? The New Dance Style in Bohemia in 1830 |
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Reception of Nineteenth-Century Couple Dances in Hungary |
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The Waltz among Slovenians |
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Dancing and Politics in Croatia: The Salonsko Kolo as a Patriotic Response to the Waltz |
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Waltzing Through Europe: Johann Strauss (the Elder) in Hamburg and Altona in 1836 |
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Continuity and Reinvention: Past Round Dances in Present Estonia |
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The Ban on Round Dances 1917–1957: Regulating Social Dancing in Norwegian Community Houses |
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Dance and ‘Folk Devils’ |
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Nostalgia as a Perspective on Past Dance Culture in Finland |
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A Twenty-First Century Resurrection: The Potresujka, the Croatian Polka Tremblante |
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List of Illustrations |
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Contributor Biographies |
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Index |