Author: David Hackett Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974369X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 981
Book 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.
Albion's Seed
Author: David Hackett Fischer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974369X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 981
Book 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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974369X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 981
Book 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.
Course of Study
Author: Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Education
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Cultural Life of the American Colonies
Author: Louis B. Wright
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history (1607–1763) offers authoritative views on agrarian society and leadership, non-English influences, religion, education, literature, music, architecture, and much more. 33 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Sweeping survey of 150 years of colonial history (1607–1763) offers authoritative views on agrarian society and leadership, non-English influences, religion, education, literature, music, architecture, and much more. 33 black-and-white illustrations.
Defining America in the Radical 1760s
Author: Jude M. Pfister
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the "war of ink" between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The 1760s were a period of great agitation in the American colonies. The policies implemented by the British resulted in an outcry from the Americans that inaugurated the radical ideas leading to the Revolution in 1775. John Dickinson led the way in the "war of ink" between America and Britain, which saw over 1,000 pamphlets and essays written both for and against British policy. King George III, the new British monarch, wrote extensively on the role of Britain in the colonial world and sought to find a middle way between the quickly rising feelings on both sides of the debate. This book tells the story of this radical decade as it occurred in writing, drawing from primary sources and rarely seen exchanges.
For the teacher
Author: Cleveland (Ohio). Board of Education. Bureau of Educational Research
Publisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Intercolonial Aspects of American Culture on the Eve of the Revolution
Author: Michael Kraus
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Historical Outlook
Author:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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A Syllabus for the General Course in American History
Author: Roy Franklin Nichols
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
Author:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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The Development of the United States from Colonies to a World Power
Author: Max Farrand
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description