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Professor Fischer has written a major book, which cannot be ignored. (Jonathan Clark, The Times )
Fischer's is a striking and distinctive vision. (Journal of American Studies )
The author undoubtedly develops his theme with vigour and enthusiasm. ... he has ransacked all sorts of interesting sources ... historians will find much useful material in Albion's Seed"Social History
Fischer's is a striking and distinctive vision. (Journal of American Studies )
The author undoubtedly develops his theme with vigour and enthusiasm. ... he has ransacked all sorts of interesting sources ... historians will find much useful material in Albion's Seed"Social History
Social History
`The author undoubtedly develops his theme with vigour and enthusiasm. ... he has ransacked all sorts of interesting sources ... historians will find much useful material in Albion's Seed'
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ON A BLUSTERY MARCH MORNING in the year 1630, a great ship was riding restlessly at anchor in the Solent, near the Isle of Wight. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A fantastic analysis and synthesis of why we are irretrievably British. I understand my parents attitudes, speech and culture so much better after reading it. My West VA mother actually speaks like he describes. My clansman descended father speaks, acts--IS just like he describes. It has been indispensible in my family history research. So many of my family`s traits and customs are explained as cultural and not just family quirks. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I will eagerly await further works by Fisher
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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At a time when so-called "professional" historians are doing mental gymnastics to find "multicultural" and other politically correct interpretations of U.S. history (the Iroquois Confederacy as model for the Federalist Papers, etc. etc.), David Hackett Fischer brings us back to reality by showing just how pervasive has been the influence of the earliest British colonists---far more pervasive, in fact, than most of us had imagined, covering everything from political and legal institutions on the one hand to modes of play and styles of domestic architecture on the other. A simply magisterial work of historical synthesis that every American citizen---of whatever race or ethnicity---should read and ponder.
The first in a projected series on the cultural history of America, this whets one's appetites for the others.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is the most important book on American sociology since DeTocqueville. Identifying four strains of early American culture, it shows how these competing cultures have shaped the United States and continue to define us today. Why did American feminists conclude that President Clinton did indeed rape Juanita Broadrick, but that his behavior was acceptable? It may have less to do with politics and more to do with the fact that in early Virginia society, men were expected to be sexual predators. How can mutli-cultural America avoid fragmentation? See how early Pennsylvania society created institutions which allowed various cultures to flourish under one authority. Covering everything from cuisine to politics, from speech patterns to architecture, Mr. Fischer, America's most important historian, gives us a better understanding of the present and the future.
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Albion's Seed
This is a deeply researched book that all serious scholars of early colonial american history should read. The keys to much of contemporary America lie within it's pages.
Published 20 months ago by joe curran
Becoming American
In this endlessly fascinating and achingly beautiful book, David Hacket Fisher follows the fortunes of four groups of early migrants on their physical, cultural and spiritual... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2008 by hbw
will change the way you see America
A mind-altering book. Albion's seed will make you understand our nation in new ways. Read it and make sense of the gun control, urban violence, and public education. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 1999
An insight into how things came to be ... genealogy must
I found the book to be one of the most informative books that I have read on the forming of America.
Published on 8 Jun 1999
Encapsulates in a good read the development of our country.
This fascinating view of the development of British North America, covers all facets of life beginning in the early 1600's in Massachusetts, Virginia, Delaware and the... Read more
Published on 1 Jan 1999
Excellent colonial history of earliest English settlers
Anyone seriously interested in the earliest English settlers to America should read this book. By comparing the four groups (Virginians, Puritans, Quakers, Back Country) on a wide... Read more
Published on 3 Nov 1998
Indepth discussion of early British colonies in America!
David Hackett Fischer takes a new approach to the study of the four main English groups settling colonial America: Puritans from East Anglia to Massachusetts, Royalist Elite from... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 1998
Outstanding organization, content, and summary tables.
An amazing book, 800+ pages and easy to read and and to reference. A real tour-de-force. The best descriptions and analysis of the early English migrations to the our country. Read more
Published on 17 July 1998
A fascinating account of cultural inheritance
I read this while working on my MA in History. Fischer provides a thorough and fascinating account of how four distinctive British folkways reproduced themselves in America, as... Read more
Published on 7 July 1998
Wonderful information on colonial culture
As an anthropologist specializing in colonial behaviors, I found this book to be not only chock full of information, but a delight to read. Read more
Published on 30 May 1998
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