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Albion's seed : four British folkways in America / by David Hackett Fischer.

By: 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
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195037944
  • 9780195037944
  • 9780195069051
  • 0195069056
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973 s 20
LOC classification:
  • E169.1 .F539 1989
NLM classification:
  • E169.1
Other classification:
  • 973.2
  • 15.85
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Discusses the transplanting of British folkways to America during four waves of immigration between 1629 and 1775.
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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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