Diana, this sounds very interesting. I always enjoy seeing how the events and choices of one period have their effects in later periods. I also enjoy putting a cultural context around my know ancestry. It appears this book would appeal to these interests. Along the same lines, I could recommend ALBION'S SEED, FOUR BRITISH FOLKWAYS IN AMERICA (David Hackett Fischer, Oxford University Press, 1989) which I am now reading. (This was a 2000 Christmas gift, so I know it was at least then still in print.) Fischer traces four distinct British migrations to America - the Puritans, the Cavaliers, the Quakers and the "British Borderers" - the last being a people most of us think of as the Scotch-Irish. Per Fischer, these were four very distinct cultures, each originating from a distinct area of Britain, and the book analyzes the significantly different behaviors toward family, religion, government, liberties and so forth. These four cultures have left strong, enduring and often competing legacies that survive even to the present. Simplistically, in this context, our Civil War would have pitted a culture dominated by Borderers and Cavaliers against one dominated by Puritans and Quakers. Together with your earlier recommendation, GENERATIONS by Strauss and Howe, I am finding ALBION'S SEED to be a must-read for getting a meaningful context of colonial America and its legacy. Thanks for the recommendation. Keep those suggestions coming, and I will do the same. -lpb On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:03:16 -0400 "Diana Diamond" <[email protected]> writes: > Maynard, > > Regarding your lecture # 142 wherein you apparently lay out the > north and > south as replaying the English Civil war in America, I am just now > reading a > very nice book, "The Cousins' War" by Kevin Phillips (Published 1999 > Basic > Books) which would seem a natural for genealogists. If you have > other > reading suggestions, I would appreciate them. > > In his book, Mr. Phillips discusses the origins within Britain of > American > immigrant waves to the north and the south in the US. He sees the > Revolutionary War as well as the Civil War as deeply rooted in the > religious > and political origins of the Brits who immigrated. Early on he > states his > intent to discuss British and American history together and not as > two > distinct histories. I haven't gotten too far in my reading, but > already I > have been quite impressed with the maps and details. He also quotes > Churchill briefly, as you did. > > Diana ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.