Regional identity and behavior / Max Sugar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sugar, Max, 1925-2014.

Series:

PATH in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regionalism--United States--History.

Regionalism.

Group identity.

History.

United States--Civilization--To 1783.

United States.

Civilization.

National characteristics, American.

Group identity--United States--History.

United States--Historical geography.

Historical geography.

United States--Emigration and immigration--History.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

xvii, 194 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2002]

Summary:

The author proposes that the four earliest British North American colonies in the United States promoted the development of distinct regional identities and that this cultural legacy affected identity development as well as behavioral patterns differently in each region. He compares data from the North American colonies to the situation in England and discovers that the findings in the latter's eight standard regions are very similar to those in the United States.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Puritan Emigration, 1630-1641 1

Historical Background 1

The Puritan Immigrants 7

Fundamentals of Puritanism 7

Family Values 9

Marriage Customs in Massachusetts 10

Gender and Sexual Attitudes 11

Puritan Child-Rearing 11

Social Class, Religion, and Child-Rearing 12

Magic in Massachusetts 13

Puritan Education 14

The Sad Dress Code 14

Sports and Puritans 15

Time in Massachusetts 15

Puritans and Work 15

Puritan Law 16

Freedom in Massachusetts 17

The Colonial Legacy in Massachusetts 17

Chapter 2 The Chesapeake Bay Migration, 1642-1675 21

Historical Background 21

The Tidewater Immigrants 24

Servants and Slaves in Virginia 25

Life in the Tidewater Virginia Colony 28

Literacy and Oral Culture 29

Values and Religion 30

The Family 33

Marriage 33

Gender 34

Sexual Behavior 35

Child-Rearing in the Chesapeake Bay Colony 35

Magic 37

Education 37

The Dress Code 38

Recreation 38

Work 38

Time 39

Wealth 39

Law 39

Freedom 40

Chapter 3 The Quaker Migration, 1675-1725 41

Historical Background 41

The Quaker Immigrants 43

Religious Beliefs of the Quakers 44

Social Origins of the Quakers 45

The Delaware Valley Colony 46

Family in the Delaware Valley 46

Marriage among Quakers 47

Gender in the Delaware Valley 48

Delaware Valley Sexual Attitudes 48

Delaware Valley Child-Rearing 49

Quakers and Magic 51

Quaker Education 51

Plain Clothes 51

Quaker Sports 52

Quakers and Work 52

Time for Quakers 52

Law and the Quakers 53

Freedom among Quakers 53

William Penn 54

The Development of Pennsylvania 55

Town and Country 55

Class Anarchy and Boss Rule in Quaker Pennsylvania 1682-1726 56

Public Responsibility in Pennsylvania 58

Heresy, Hierarchy, and Higher Education 59

Chapter 4 The Backcountry Immigrants, 1718-1775 63

Historical Background 63

Borderland Migration 64

Religion of the Borderers 66

The Backcountry 66

Backcountry Family Style 67

Marriage in the Backcountry 67

Backcountry Gender Patterns 68

Backcountry Sexual Behavior 68

Backcountry Child-Rearing 69

Backcountry Magic 69

Backcountry Education 69

Backcountry Dress 70

Backcountry Sports 70

Backcountry Work 70

The Backcountry and Time 71

Backcountry Rank 71

Backcountry Migration and Settlement 72

Backcountry Law 72

Backcountry Freedom 73

Chapter 5 Four Colonial Cultures 75

Divergence among the Colonies 75

Disputes and Conflicts 76

Population Features 76

Homogeneity or Heterogeneity 77

Religion and Rank 80

Chapter 6 Regional Identity in the Four Colonies 81

Identification, Identity, and Regional Issues: Three Cases 81

Regional Culture and Personality 82

Ethnic or Regional Factors 84

Regional Identity 87

The Development of Idealized Regional Personality Traits 91

Child Development in the Massachusetts Bay Colony 91

Child Development in Tidewater Virginia 92

Child Development in the Quaker Colony 92

Child Development in the Backcountry 92

Acceptable Personality Traits by Region 93

Major Defenses 94

Chapter 7 Regional Rates of Eight Conditions in the United States 99

Regional Speech Patterns 99

Four Regions 100

A Caveat 102

Education and Regional Culture 105

Births to Unwed Mothers 111

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 113

Regional Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-Related Mortality 113

Present-Day Patterns of Order and Violence 118

Sexual Abuse of Children 123

Physical Abuse of Children 124

Chapter 8 Toward Understanding Regional Rates 129

Education 129

Unwed Motherhood 130

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 132

Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol-Related Mortality 132

Homicide 133

Sexual and Physical Abuse of Children 135

Unemployment 137

Unemployment and Homicide 140

Chapter 9 Regional Comparisons in England 143

Regional Identities in England 143

England's Current Economic Situation 145

The North West 145

Humberside and Yorkshire 146

The North 147

West Midlands 148

Eight Conditions in England 148

Education 148

Unwed Motherhood 149

Alcohol Consumption 149

Homicide 151

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 153

Child Sexual Abuse 155

Child Physical Abuse 156

Homicide and Poverty 157

Chapter 10 Regional Identity and Psychiatry 163

Acculturation 163

Genetic or Cultural Inheritance 165

Ego-Syntonic and Socio-Syntonic Behavior 167

Psychiatric Treatment 168

Application of the Concept of Regional Identity 173

Clinical Application 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.

ISBN:

0306466503

OCLC:

48176962