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GUSN-313528
xxi, 946 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm., Discusses the transplanting of British folkways to America during four waves of immigration between 1629 and 1775.
Colonial America Civilization.
Civilization.
Civilization English influences.
Civilization To 1783.
Migration, Internal.
Emigration and immigration.
History.
Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
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.
New York : Oxford University Press
America, a cultural history ; v. 1
Fischer, David Hackett, America, a cultural history ; v. 1.
xxi, 946 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Discusses the transplanting of British folkways to America during four waves of immigration between 1629 and 1775.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Gift of Carl R. Nold, 2015.
0195037944
9780195037944
9780195069051
0195069056
Stacks E169.1.F539 1989
United States
United States.
Great Britain
Fischer, David Hackett,
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