Four stylish books to add to your coffee-table pile

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Dancing queens

The cotillion ball was once the preserve of the white European aristocrat – an arena for denizens of high society to dance and scout out suitable partners. In emancipation-era America, however, Black Americans took up the practice as an expression of freedom and social mobility. Brooklyn-based photographer Miranda Barnes’s new book was commissioned…