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Title: Helpful in research if not in interpretation
Review: This book is a massive compendium on pretty much everything you could ever want to know (and more!) on Puritans, Quakers, Virginia cavaliers and so on. Want to know how the Quakers made Philadelphia Cream Cheese? It's in here. Or what Newark, NJ's Puritan name was? That's in here too. Fischer's thesis, that these four British folkways, are the major contributors to current American culture in the regions is a little forced at times and he ignores all the other cultures in the region (like the Germans or the Scots-Irish Presbyterians) but this book is still very helpful for anyone seeking to understand colonial culture. When he tries to equate it with modern culture, he goes a little weak. Hence, he only gets four stars.
