| 1 | ''Albion's Seed'' is a social history [[{{Doorstopper}} tome]] by David Hackett Fischer about the early [[TheMigration settlers]] to America and how the customs they brought from Britain affect American culture. According to his theory, there were four main cultural streams: [[LovecraftCountry the Puritans]] coming from UsefulNotes/EastAnglia to New England, the [[BadassPacifist Quakers]] coming from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands to the [[{{Joisey}} Middle Colonies]], the [[DeepSouth tidewater culture of Virginia]] based on [[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties South-Eastern]] Anglican culture, and the Scots-Irish of the [[Myth/MountainFolklore Appalachians]]. |
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| 3 | The author divides up customs into a list of several categories: |
| 4 | * speech ways |
| 5 | * building ways |
| 6 | * marriage ways |
| 7 | * gender ways |
| 8 | * sex ways |
| 9 | * child rearing ways |
| 10 | * naming ways |
| 11 | * death ways |
| 12 | * religious ways |
| 13 | * magic ways |
| 14 | * learning ways |
| 15 | * food ways |
| 16 | * dress ways |
| 17 | * sport ways |
| 18 | * work ways |
| 19 | * time ways |
| 20 | * wealth ways |
| 21 | * rank ways |
| 22 | * social ways |
| 23 | * order ways |
| 24 | * power ways |
| 25 | * freedom ways |
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| 27 | The effects of these different customs are traced in their effect on American history, including the voter distribution in various elections. This Magisterial volume is an admirable source of information and a way to understand the past better and to understand ourselves better. |
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