HIS 170B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Hegemony, Anglo-Irish Big House, Britishness
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April 6, 2017: english, coastal, united, stable in its britishness, english manor houses were copied by americans who had made their fortunes and wanted to showcase their status. It is not merely copying the british or being british then. There is more to the story: was it english or multicultural, population, did(cid:374)"t take i(cid:374)to a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t the already prese(cid:374)t dut(cid:272)h a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ati(cid:448)e a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) population, slaves were the most prominent, convicts were treated between slaves and indentured servants. Does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter their pro(cid:271)ate re(cid:272)ord as lo(cid:374)g as their patrician: this is enforced through culture. A party is one way to show you are a patrician. Big acts of charity towards the church or other institutions to show you care for the community. Horses and races were also a way to show your status. The last way would be to show pardon or mercy towards people you have caught. In england, this was not the standard: of white males could vote.
