Dr Simon Morrison, senior lecturer at the university, collaborated with Katie Milestone, senior lecturer in music and culture at Manchester Metropolitan University, on Transatlantic Drift: The Ebb and Flow of Dance Music.

The book traces the development of dance music from the 1960s to today, charting its evolution from early discotheques to the contemporary nightclub environment.

It highlights the changing landscape of the genre, from its roots in 1960s discotheques to the modern-day nightclub scene.

The authors each focus on their chosen periods, with Ms Milestone providing insights into the impact of dance music on post-war Britain up to the 1980s.

Dr Morrison, on the other hand, examines the dance scenes in the US from the late 1970s and 1980s and how these influenced the UK and continental Europe in the closing years of the 20th century.

The emergence of the nightclub scene in the UK following the US rock and roll revolution in the 1950s forms a key part of the book.

These early clubs were typically unlicensed, subterranean, and a far cry from the grand ballrooms of the past.

The authors also chart the decline of nightclubs in the late 1960s and the rise of the Northern soul movement in the 1970s at venues like the Wigan Casino and Blackpool Mecca.

Dr Morrison's research explores influential dance music hubs in New York, Detroit, and Chicago, assessing the backlash against disco and the subsequent rise of house music.

The birth of techno in Detroit in the 1980s and its spread to venues like The Haçienda in Manchester also feature prominently in the book.

Technological advancements, which allowed clubs to operate in new, rural locations for all-night raves, are another focus.

Dr Morrison explains how Ibiza became a dance music hotspot from the late 1980s, culminating in the so-called Second Summer of Love in 1988.

He said: "After a career in music journalism that had included international adventure and some time living in Ibiza, I thought I had retired, somewhat, from the global dancefloor.

"However, becoming an academic interested in electronic dance music surprisingly opened new doors, and further travel, to important locations such as New York, Detroit, Chicago, and a return to Ibiza.

"It was fascinating to visit, or revisit, those places and demonstrated the importance of on-the-ground research and face-to-face contact with buildings and people important to the story.

"It also demonstrated how connected music scenes are, in terms of the transatlantic drift we traced in this book."

The book has been praised by Sarah Raine, a research fellow in the school of music at University College Dublin, who said: "This excellent book unravels the oftentimes knotty and contested musical happenings, people and places through an approach that embraces an open understanding of music histories in the plural.

"Katie Milestone and Simon Morrison have created an essential resource for all those interested in transatlantic popular music and subcultural histories."

'Transatlantic Drift: The Ebb and Flow of Dance Music' is published by Reaktion Books and is currently available for purchase online and in major bookstores.