Henry GlassiePattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States
Henry Glassie is College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University. He is the author of Art and Life in Bangladesh, The Spirit of Folk Art, All Silver and No Brass: An Irish Christmas Mumming, and Irish Folk History: Tales from the North, which is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Illustrations
Apology and Acknowledgment
Introduction
—Folk Culture and Folklore
—Patterns of Folk and Popular Interaction
Regional Patterns
—Mid-Atlantic Region
—The South
—The North
—The Midwest
Patterns within Regions
—Agricultural Subregions
—Nonagricultural Occupations
Causes of Regional Patterns
—Physical Environment
—Agricultural Economy
Nonregional Patterns
—Immigrant Culture
—American Indian Culture
—Urban Folk Culture
—General American Patterns
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
