Albion's seed : four British folkways in America /
Discusses the transplanting of British folkways to America during four waves of immigration between 1629 and 1775.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1989.
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| Series: | Fischer, David Hackett, 1935- America, a cultural history ;
v. 1. |
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Table of 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.
