Table of Contents
Abbreviations xi
Maps, Illustrations, and Genealogical Charts xiii
Acknowledgments xxxi
Introduction 3
1 The Religious Background in Scotland, 1746-1846 14
2 Step-Dancing in Catholic Gaelic Cape Breton and Northeastern Nova Scotia from 1790 28
3 The Mary "Tulloch" Macdonald Phenomenon Examined 64
4 Dancing in the Catholic Margarees, Glendale, and Boisdale 74
5 The Gluasad Gàidhealach / Gaelic Movement in Cape Breton, 1919-46 96
6 Step-Dancing in Presbyterian Cape Breton from 1790 112
7 The Evidence for Step Dancing in Scotland, 1775-1848 128
8 Dancing in Moderate Presbyterian Gaelic Parishes in Scotland 145
9 Dancing in Inland Gaelic Strathspey and Northwestern Perthshire 177
10 Changes in Dancing in Gaelic Scotland: The Dancing Record from Gaelic Songs, 1850-85 203
11 The Four Doctors, An t-Òranaiche/The Songster, and Others, 1879-1914 207
12 Scottish Attitudes to Dance: Twentieth-Century Letters from Gaelic Scotland 230
13 Dancing Schools and Dancing-Masters in Gaelic Scotland, 1775-1845 255
14 Last Words: A Scottish Country Dancing Enigma 260
Appendices
A The Royal Bounty: The Presbyterian Reverend Duncan MacCallum (1784-1863) 271
B 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
C From among the Crofters Questioned in 1883 by Members of the Napier Commission 278
Notes 279
Bibliography 397
Index 447