Timothy Baycroft, PhD (Cambridge), is Senior Lecturer in French History at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely on regionalism and nationalism in France and Europe, as well as border studies, including France: Inventing the Nation (Arnold, 2008).David Hopkin, PhD (Cambridge) is Fellow and Tutor in History at Hertford College, University of Oxford. He has published extensively on oral culture and the relationship between folklore and history, including Voices of the People in Nineteenth Century France (Cambridge University Press, 2012).

"For anyone interested in the role that nationalism played in the development of nineteenth century folklore, or vice versa, the role that folklore played in the rise of nationalism and transnationalism, this is the book for you. [...] There are seventeen essays in this "fabulous" book edited by Timothy Baycroft and David Hopkin -- fabulous because the essays are all gems and contain an incredible treasure of insights into neglected topics that need more attention by researchers from different fields." - Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota, in: Marvels & Tales, spring 2014

• PrefaceAcknowledgementList of illustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionTimothy BaycroftOral epic: The nation finds a voice, Joep LeerssenShaping the Voice of the People in Nineteenth-Century Operas, Krisztina LajosiFolk Culture & Nation-Building in the Less than Developed World: A Study on the Visual Culture of Citizenship, Ilia RoubanisIdeas of Folk and Nation in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European Architecture, Peter Blundell JonesThe Regional and the Global: Folk Culture at World's Fairs and the Reinvention of the Nation, Angela SchwarzEthnographic Display and Political Narrative: The Salle de France of the Musée d’ethnographie du Trocadéro, Daniel DeGroffDisplaying the Arlésienne: Museums, Folklife and Regional Identity in France, Anne DymondFolklore as a Weapon: National Identity in German-Annexed Alsace 1890-1914, Detmar KleinNegotiating Progress and Degeneracy: Irish Antiquaries and the Discovery of the ‘Folk’, 1770-1844, Clare O’HalloranNarrating Scotland: Andrew Lang’s Coloured Fairy Book Collection, The Gold of Fairnilee, and ‘A Creelfull of Celtic Stories,’ Sara M HinesEngland – The Land without Folklore?, Jonathan RoperAn Imperialist Folklore? Establishing the Folk-Lore Society in London, Chris Wingfield and Chris GosdenThe Ballad Revival and National Literature: Textual Authority and the Invention of Tradition, David AtkinsonNational Folklore, National Drama and The Creation of Visual National Identity: The Case of Jón Árnason, Sigurður Guðmundsson and Indriði Einarsson in Iceland, Terry GunnellOral Traditions and the Making of the Finnish Nation, Pertti AnttonenSorrowful Folksong and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Finland, Vesa KurkelaConclusion, David HopkinIndex