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Albion's Seed : Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Albion's Seed : Four British Folkways in America about?
From 1629 to 1775, argues David Hackett Fischer, North America was settled by four great waves of English-speaking immigrants. The first was an exodus of Puritans from the east of England to Massachusetts (1629-1640). The second was the movement of a Royalist elite and indentured servants from the south of England to Virginia (ca. 1649-75). The third was the "Friends' migration,"--the Quakers--from the North Midlands and Wales to the Delaware Valley (ca. 1675-1725). The fourth was a great flight
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- Author
- David Hackett Fischer
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199743698
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Science, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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