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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a cultural history) (VOLUME I)
by David Hackett Fischer
ISBN: 9780195069051
Found in 3 comments on Hacker News
rayiner
· 2025-09-22 ·
Original thread
A better way to understand the cultural differences in the U.S.
https://www.amazon.com/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-cultura...
thaumasiotes
· 2020-09-09 ·
Original thread
The usual book on this subject is
Albion's Seed
.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195069056/
bcmo
· 2019-12-06 ·
Original thread
I had a Prof in college who wrote a book about the US being 4 sections since its founding, he called them folkways
https://www.amazon.com/Albions-Seed-British-Folkways-cultura...