Prologue

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations x
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Prologue 1
6. The Problem of Tradition 9
7. Folklore and Ideology during the Gilded Age 73
8. The English Connection, from Cultural Survivals to Cultural Studies 141
9. The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm 184
10. Martha Warren Beckwith and the Rise of Academic Authority 237
11. Alfred Shoemaker and the Discovery of American Folklife 266
12. Henry W. Shoemaker and the Fable of Public Folklore 313
13. Richard Dorson and the Great Debates 349
14. Displaying American Tradition in Folk Arts 413
15. Epilogue 475
16. Bibliographic Essay 483
17. Notes 503
18. References 518
19. Index 590