Popularizing Pennsylvania - Henry W. Shoemaker and the Progressive Uses of Folklore and History

Summary

A biography of Pennsylvania's folklorist and pioneer of national conservation, Henry Shoemaker (1882-1958). He espoused the Progressivist belief that nature and folk cultures held vital, spiritual powers for a modern age, especially in America, where he sought a mythology to support nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Simon J. (Penn State University-Harrisburg) Bronner, Simon J. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Bronner, Bronner Simon J.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.1996
• EAN: 9780271014876
• ISBN: 978-0-271-01487-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Nationalism, Folklore, myths & legends, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)