Stearns, Marshall, Stearns, Jean. 　著

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* Marshall Winslow Stearns: An Appreciation by James T. Maher *Prologue Prehistory * Africa and the West Indies * New Orleans and theSouth * The Pattern of Diffusion Beginnings * From Folk to Professional *Early Minstrelsy * Minstrel Dances and Dancers * Late Minstrelsy TheVernacular * Medicine Shows and Gillies * Carnivals, Circuses, and NegroMinstrels * Roadshows, T.O.B.A., and Picks * The Witman Sisters Tin PanAlley and Song Lyrics * Ballroom Origins * The Song Writer: Perry BradfordI* The Song Writer: Perry BradfordII Broadway and the Reviewers * Williamsand Walker and the Beginnings of Vernacular Dance on Broadway * Early Harlem* Shuffle Along * Broadway: The Early Twenties * Broadway: The LateTwenties * Choreography: Buddy Bradley Technique: Pioneers, Innovators,and Stylists * King Rastus Brown and the Time Step * Bill Robinson: Up onthe Toes * Frank Condos: Wings and the Expanding Repertory * James Barton:Versatility * Harland Dixon and Character Dancing * John W. Bubbles andRhythm Tap * Fred Astaire Specialties * Eccentric Dancing * ComedyDancing * Russian Dancing Acrobatics * Straight Acrobatics * The NewAcrobatics * The Flash Acts The Class Acts * The Original Stylists * TheFirst Class-Act Team: Greenlee and Drayton * Pete Nugent and the Class Acts* Coles and Atkins: The Last of the Class Acts The Jitterbug * HarlemBackground * The Savoy Ballroom * From Coast to Coast Requiem * BabyLaurence and the Hoffers Club * Groundhog * The Dying Breed * Epilogue