Title: The transit of civilization from England to America in the seventeenth century,
Authors: Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company,
Year: 1901
Subjects: Civilization history; Colonialism history; United States History; United States Civilization; United States History; United States Civilization English influences
Contents: Mental outfit of the early colonists.--Digression concerning medical notions at the period of settlement.--Mother English, folk-speech, folk-lore, and literature.--Weights and measures of conduct.--The tradition of education.--Land and labor in the early colonies.