The problem of tradition
Folklore and ideology during the Gilded Age
The English connection, from cultural survivals to cultural studies
Studies
The Americanization of the Brothers Grimm
Martha Warren Beckwith and the rise of academic authority
Alfred Shoemaker and the discovery of American folklife
Henry W. Shoemaker and the fable of public folklore
Richard Dorson and the great debates
Displaying American tradition in folk arts.