Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Abbreviations xi
4. Maps, Illustrations, and Genealogical Charts xiii
5. Acknowledgments xxxi
6. Introduction 3
7. The Religious Background in Scotland, 1746–1846 14
8. Step-Dancing in Catholic Gaelic Cape Breton and Northeastern Nova Scotia from 1790 28
9. The Mary “Tulloch” Macdonald Phenomenon Examined 64
10. Dancing in the Catholic Margarees, Glendale, and Boisdale 74
11. The Gluasad Gàidhealach/Gaelic Movement in Cape Breton, 1919–46 96
12. Step-Dancing in Presbyterian Cape Breton from 1790 112
13. The Evidence for Step-Dancing in Scotland, 1775–1848 128
14. Dancing in Moderate Presbyterian Gaelic Parishes in Scotland 145
15. Dancing in Inland Gaelic Strathspey and Northwestern Perthshire 177
16. Changes in Dancing in Gaelic Scotland: The Dancing Record from Gaelic Songs, 1850–85 203
17. The Four Doctors, An t-Òranaiche/The Gaelic Songster, and Others, 1879–1914 207
18. Scottish Attitudes to Dance: Twentieth-Century Letters from Gaelic Scotland 230
19. Dancing Schools and Dancing-Masters in Gaelic Scotland, 1775–1845 255
20. Last Words: A Scottish Country Dancing Enigma 260
21. The Royal Bounty: The Presbyterian Reverend Duncan MacCallum (1784–1863) 271
22. From the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 17 May 1725: Commission to Some Ministers and Ruling Elders for Reformation of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and for Management of the King’s Bounty for That End 275
23. From among the Crofters Questioned in 1883 by Members of the Napier Commission 278
24. Notes 279
25. Bibliography 397
26. Index 447