The first full-length study of the treatment of social dance in the literature of the nineteenth century.

In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ -

Social dance was ubiquitous in interwar Britain. The social mingling and expression made possible through non-theatrical participatory dancing in couples and gr

Examines the phenomenon of human exhibitions in nineteenth-century Britain and considers how this legacy informs understandings of race and empire today.

A vital part of daily life in the nineteenth century, games and play were so familiar and so ubiquitous that their presence over time became almost invisible. T