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Title: Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer ISBN: 0-19-506905-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 (47 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't be put off by the size - this tome is worth the read!!
Comment: I picked up this book in hopes to gain a better insight into a part of American History that I didn't focus on in College (European History major) or when I have taught US Hist 101-103. Why? Well, I was working on a genealogical research project associated with my wife's family who were part of the 1620 immigration and the 1630-1649 immigration to the USA.
This book was awesome!! It gave history, linguistics, politics, religion, sex as seen through the four distinct English cultural settlements prior to the American Revolution. ANY GENEALOGIST WORKING ON PRE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FAMILY LINES NEEDS TO READ THIS BOOK. Without a doubt it will be a book I will turn to for many things beyond just the original intent I had when I bought it.
The maps are also a great addition to the book. So, get a copy spend the time with it and I swear you won't be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Do yourselves a favor, read this book....
Comment: I read this book many many years ago. I had studied folklore before reading it, and found the study of folklore to be more of an education than most anything else I studied in college that contributed to a world view that was really very large and comprehensive and also easy to relate to.
I am always drawn back to Albions Seed on a regular basis, something invariably reminds me of this study of lore, and history. I learned about the regions these groups came from in Great Britian, their geographic locations and how these issues constituted the values taken on by these people ( or perhaps lack of values that are substantial). Also the effects these groups had on our country and it's development.
I am most impressed with the Quakers contrbution to this country by way of opening PA. as the first colony to grant religious tolerance to all groups, and to the rugged individualists who were from the borderlands of Scotland and Ireland who had to be so rugged to protect the borders they fought over constantly, and who settled in the Appliachians. The puritans, I feel brought very litte that I regard highly to this country, and could have stayed home, thanks to them we have a work ethic that I feel is insane! I don't recall enough about the group that settled in the South, so I plan on reading it again and this other book by Hackett as well. Do yourself a favor, read this book!
I believe this book should be on every library shelf!
Another book I would recommend that is not a study in folkways , but an important work is David Hawkins work, Power verses Force. I draw some correlations myself between these books althought others may not.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating descripton of USA folkways
Comment: This book is very readable and lengthy. I did not want to put it down as it was well written and full of interesting detail of the four seed British colonies. It is a cultural history of the colonies and describes house design, speech, dress, food ways, marriage ways, and many other cultural patterns. I found myself fascinated at how these familiar folkways developed but more fascinated by how they still control our attitudes even today! It is Fischer's thesis that the different ideas of freedom developed in each region had "defects in expression" but together created a stronger expression of liberty. His discussion of liberty is particularly timely today as we are in the process of giving up some of our freedoms in response to terrorist attacks.
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Title: Bound Away: Virginia and the Westward Movement by David Hackett Fischer, James C. Kelly, Virginia Historical Society ISBN: 0813917743 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.50 |
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Title: Scotch-Irish: A Social History by James G. Leyburn ISBN: 0807842591 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 1989 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Peopling of British North America: An Introduction by Bernard Bailyn ISBN: 0394757793 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: April, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Virginia: The New Dominion by Virginius Dabney ISBN: 0813910153 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: February, 1989 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815 by William Dollarhide, Brad Steuart ISBN: 1877677744 Publisher: Heritage Quest/A.G.L.L. Pub. Date: 01 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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