Preface An Idea of Cultural History

Illustrations Drawings, Maps and Tables

Introduction The Determinants of a Voluntary Society

East Anglia to Massachusetts: The Exodus of the English Puritans, 1629-41

The South of England to Virginia: Distressed Cavaliers and Indentured Servants, 1642-75

North Midlands to the Delaware: The Friends' Migration, 1675-1725

Borderlands to the Backcountry: The Flight from North Britain, 1717-1775

Conclusion Four British Folkways in American History: The Origin and Persistence of Regional Cultures in the United States

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Sources for Maps

Index