false 32081 2 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. 32292 1989 Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America total:206|5:83|4:75|3:37|2:10|1:1| 206 847 423 54 4 1 false false Sun Feb 15 08:07:16 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 17:14:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 08:07:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 23:31:11 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 23:48:04 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:53:34 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 08:00:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 09:29:03 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:06:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Nov 04 13:21:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 13:21:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 10:51:50 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:15:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 07:41:03 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 07:49:37 -0700 2008
The argument is clear: four sets of British folkways found their way to the British North American colonies in re...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 26 19:53:01 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 23 07:24:23 -0800 2008
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