The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance

The author of this encyclopaedia taught humanities at high-school and university level for many years and has authored several prize-winning encyclopaedias in subjects as varied as fable, feminist literature, the underground railroad and ballet. The acknowledgements bear witness to consultation with a wide variety of authorities, although many of them are actually US-based.

The encyclopaedia begins with a chronology, before 347 pages on an alphabetical series of subjects ranging from nationalities to dance form (e.g. veiled dance, clogging or branle), taking in other topics as wide-ranging as censorship and ceilidhs. A brief appendix lists national and state dances, alphabetically by...