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  • Albion's Seed

  • Four British Folkways in America, Vol. 1
  • Written by: David Hackett Fischer
  • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
  • Length: 29 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Written by: David Hackett Fischer
Narrated by: Julian Elfer
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This fascinating audiobook 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 audiobook 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.
©1989 David Hackett Fischer (P)2014 Audible Inc.
Anthropology Customs & Traditions Religious Studies United States American History Colonial Period British History
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Lots of cool information

Interesting to have on in the background while doing other things, might be a bit dry to listen to intently. Lots of info, long book, good value for a credit imo. I liked listening at 1.2 speed.

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