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Loading... Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in Americaby David Hackett Fischer
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Fischer was my prof for two history classes in undergrad. This book shows how brilliant he is at understanding history. He presents the four British "folkways" that came to America and demonstrates how they influenced American culture in four specific regions. Admittedly, I have not quite finished this, and have only been able to read it in small bits interspersed with my other books - it's a lot of information. But it's fascinating! I've seen a lot of the differences between myself (from Virginia) and my local friends (NY) explained - slang expressions, favorite foods, manners. Not to mention learned a lot about regional differences in England that I wasn't really aware of. I also learned a lot more about early American immigrants than "they were persecuted for their religion". True in some cases, less so in others. And then some of them chose to persecute others for their religion once they got here, evidently. All in all, a very interesting account of early immigrants to the US. Excellent, excellent. Fischer makes a compelling case for why there are the regional differences found in America. Of course, I especially enjoyed reading about the influences Quakers had on American life. Fischer is very readable and makes history live. no reviews | add a review
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On finishing it I couldn't look at the United States ( or Great Britain ) the same way again. (