Preface, I. Introduction, PART I: BACKGROUND, II. Anthropological Perspectives, III. Psycho-Pathological Perspectives, PART II: SOCIO-HISTORICAL STUDY, IV. Medieval England - Thirteenth to Mid-fifteenth Century, V. Early Tudor England - 1485 to 1558, VI. Elizabethan England - 1558 to 1603, VII. Seventeenth-Century England, VIII. Eighteenth-Century England, IX. Nineteenth-Century England, X. Twentieth-Century England, XI. The Twenties: 1920 to 1930, XII. The Thirties: 1930 to 1940, XIII. The Forties: 1940 to 1950, World War II and Aftermath, XIV. The Fifties: 1950 to 1960, XV. The Sixties: 1960 to 1969, XVI. Summary, PART III: SURVEY, XVII. Preface to the Survey, XVIII. The Survey: Young People - Enquiry into Present- day Dancing Habits and Attitudes, XIX. An Integration of Social Theory and Research, PART IV: APPENDICES, Notes, Index