Aschenbrenner, Joyce. Katherine Dunham: Reflections on the Social and Political Contexts of Afro-American Dance. New York: CORD, Inc., 1981. Dance Research Annual No. 12.

Castle, Vernon and Irene. Modern Dance New York : World Syndicate Co., c1914 Online text courtesy of the Library of Congress American Memory Project: Dance Instruction Manuals There are also video clips that correspond to the manuals.

Dodge, Roger Pryor. Hot Jazz and Jazz Dance: Roger Pryor Dodge, Collected Writings 1929-1964. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0195071859

Erenberg, Lewis A. Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998. ISBN 0226215164

Hazzard-Gordon, Katrina Jookin':The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990. ISBN 087722613X

Oberlin College Library's page about Jook (or Juke) Joints, based on Farm Security Administration photographs at the Library of Congress.

Hennessey, Thomas J. From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and their Music, 1890-1935. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1994. ISBN 0814321798

Kenny, William Howland. Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History, 1904-1930. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. ISBN 0195064534

Miller, Norma. Swingin' at the Savoy: The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. ISBN 1566394945

Miller, Norma and Frankie Manning. Interview transcript, Ken Burns' film, Jazz. from PBS.org

Stearns, Marshall and Jean. Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance . New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. ISBN 0306805537

Stowe, David W. Swing Changes: Big-Band Jazz in New Deal America. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994. ISBN 0674858255