Selling Tradition: Appalachia and the Construction of an American Folk, 1930-1940 - Paperbackby Jane S. Becker (Author) The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in America's folk heritage, as Americans began to enthusiastically collect, present, market, and consume the nation's folk traditions. Examining one of this century's most prominent "folk revivals the reemergence of Southern Appalachian handicraft traditions in the 1930s Jane Becker unravels the cultural politics that bound together a complex network of