Main description:

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:

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Preface.
1. Historical Background of the Puritan Emigration 1630-1641.
2. The Chesapeake Bay Migration 1645-1675.
3. The Quaker Migration 1675-1725.
4. The Backcountry Immigrants 1718-1775.
5. Four Colonial Cultures.
6. Regional Identity in the Four Colonies.
7. Regional Rates of Eight Conditions in the USA.
8. Toward Understanding Regional Rates.
9. Regional Rates of Six Conditions in England.
10. Regional Identity and Psychiatry.
References. Tables. Figures. Index.