The ballad collectors of North America how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity - Spencer, Scott B., 1970-; ebrary, Inc. (Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Folk music -- Collectors and collecting -- United States; Ballads, English -- United States -- History and criticism; Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism; Electronic books