Pattern in the material folk culture of the Eastern United States
By: by Henry Glassie
Edition: 1st University of Pennsylvania Press pbk. ed.
Series: University of Pennsylvania publications in folklore and folklife; University of Pennsylvania publications in folklore and folklife
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780585126791
Copyright date: 1968
Subjects: Folklore; Social life and customs; Dwellings; Mœurs et coutumes; Habitations; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Folklore & Mythology; Manners and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Introduction. Folk culture and folklore; title: Patterns of folk and popular interaction; title: pt. 2. Regional patterns. Mid-Atlantic region; title: The south; title: The north; title: The midwest; title: pt. 3. Patterns within regions. Agricultural subregions; title: Nonagricultural occupations; title: pt. 4. Causes of regional patterns. Physical environment; title: Agricultural economy; title: pt. 5. Nonregional patterns. Immigrant culture; title: American Indian culture; title: Urban folk culture; title: General American patterns.