TY - BOOK AU - Spencer,Scott B. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The ballad collectors of North America: how gathering folksongs transformed academic thought and American identity T2 - American folk music and musicians AV - ML3551 .B18 2012eb U1 - 782.42162/1300922 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Scarecrow Press KW - Folk music KW - Collectors and collecting KW - United States KW - Ballads, English KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10519486 ER -