| Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America Contributor(s): Fischer, David Hackett (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195069056 ISBN-13: 9780195069051 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1991 Annotation: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. Itis a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 973.2 |
| Series: America: A Cultural History |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (3.00 lbs) 984 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are Albion's Seed, no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations. |