The ballad collectors of North America  how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Scott B. Spencer. 
 - Lanham, Md. :  Scarecrow Press,  2012. 
 - vii, 237 p. 
 - American folk music and musicians ;  no. 15 .
 - American folk music and musicians ;  no. 15. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Folk music--Collectors and collecting--United States.<br/>Ballads, English--History and criticism.--United States<br/>Folk music--History and criticism.--United States
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3551  / .B18 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.42162/1300922