The ballad collectors of North America how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Spencer, Scott B., 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.
Series:American folk music and musicians ; no. 15.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Ballad collecting : impetus and impact / Scott B. Spencer
  • Franz Boas, the phonograph, and the Columbia School / Erika Brady
  • Ballad collectors in the Ozarks / Norm Cohen
  • Songcatchers in the West : cowboy songs ; Songcatchers in the West, other traditions / Guy Logsdon
  • Folk song collectors in the Midwest / James P. Leary
  • Ballad collectors in the Northeast / Nancy-Jean Ballard Seigel
  • Four songcatchers in eastern Canada / Sheldon Posen
  • The Lomaxes / Matt Barton
  • Robert Winslow Gordon / Paul Stamler
  • Collecting occupational songs / Dan Milner
  • Commodification and revival / Paul Stamler.