Albion's seed : four British folkways in America / by David Hackett Fischer.
Series: Fischer, David Hackett, America, a cultural history ; v. 1.Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.Description: xxi, 946 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0195037944
- 9780195037944
- 9780195069051
- 0195069056
- To 1783
- Civilization
- Civilization -- English influences
- Culturele invloeden
- United States -- Civilization -- To 1783
- United States -- Civilization -- English influences
- Population Groups -- history -- United States
- Culture -- United States
- Emigration and Immigration -- history -- United States
- History, 17th Century -- United States
- History, 18th Century -- United States
- United States -- Civilization -- To 1783
- United States -- Civilization -- English influences
- États-Unis -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 1783
- États-Unis -- Civilisation -- Influence anglaise
- United States
- United States -- Migration, Internal
- Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration
- United States -- History
- United States -- Civilization
- Civilization
- United States
- 973 s 20
- E169.1 .F539 1989
- E169.1
- 973.2
- 15.85
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) | E 169.1 .F539 1989 V.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 10208 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: An idea of cultural history -- Introduction: The determinants of a voluntary society -- East Anglia to Massachusetts: the exodus of the English Puritans, 1629-41 -- The south of England to Virginia: distressed cavaliers and indentured servants, 1642-75 -- North Midlands to the Delaware: the Friend's migration, 1675-1725 -- Borderlands to the backcountry: the flight from North Britain, 1717-1775 -- Conclusion: Four British folkways in American history: the origin and persistence of regional cultures in the United States.
Discusses the transplanting of British folkways to America during four waves of immigration between 1629 and 1775.
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