Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. black cloth, gilt spine, dust jacket, 528 pages, a fine copy, CONTENTS: The religious background in Scotland, 1746-1846 -- Step-dancing in Catholic Gaelic Cape Breton and northeastern Nova Scotia from 1790 -- The Mary "Tulloch" Macdonald phenomenon examined -- Dancing in the Catholic Margarees, Glendale, and Boisdale --The Gluasad Ga`idhealach/Gaelic movement in Cape Breton, 1919-46 -- Step-dancing in Presbyterian Cape Breton from 1790 -- The evidence for step-dancing in Scotland, 1775-1848 -- Dancing in moderate Presbyterian Gaelic parishes in Scotland -- Dancing in inland Gaelic Strathspey and northwestern Perthshire -- Changes in dancing in Gaelic Scotland : the dancing record from Gaelic songs, 1850-85 -- The four doctors, an t-O`ranaiche/The songster, and others, 1879-1914 -- Scottish attitudes to dance : twentieth-century letters from Gaelic Scotland -- Dancing schools and dancing-masters in Gaelic Scotland, 1775-1845 -- Last words : a Scottish country dancing enigma.McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history. Series two,.

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Bookseller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1125557470
Title: Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing: An Historical and Ethnographic Perspective (McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History)
Author: Gibson, John G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0773550593
ISBN 13: 9780773550599
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Place of Publication: Montreal
Date Published: 2017
Keywords: PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Folk. Step dancing -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- History. Step dancing -- Scotland -- History. Cape Breton Island (N.S.) -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Step dancing. Nova Scotia -- Cap
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