An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
18. The North South Divide
January 28, 2021
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Dan Jackson
Context:
Tom introduces Dan Jackson as the author of this book, describing it as 'brilliant' and noting it makes a case for the significance of Northumbria and regional history more broadly.
Author: Ross McKibben
Context:
Dominic explicitly references this book, discussing McKibben's argument that England only developed a uniform English culture from the 1920s onwards due to the BBC erasing differences of dialect, class, and regional culture.
Author: David Hackett Fischer
Context:
Dan describes this as 'a great book' that explains how different groups from the British Isles migrated to different parts of America - Cavaliers to Delaware, Puritans to New England, and borderers (English and Scots) to Appalachia.