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30/05/2011

Americana asks why English culture isn’t widely celebrated across the United States.

Americana asks why English culture isn’t widely celebrated across the United States.

Matt Frei talks with author and historian Maya Jasanoff and Brenton Simons of the New England Historic Genealogical Society about what aspects of English heritage are recognized and why.

Author Michael Bronski explains how English Puritans framed the history of homosexuality in America.

Etiquette instructor, Sandy Muscopf Hyde, offers a few lessons in manners from the Midwest of the US– passed down from early settlers through generations and now supplemented in afterschool programmes.

And Americana visits a traditional Morris dance studio where Minnesota residents show off their cultural roots.

25 minutes

Last on

Tue 31 May 2011 01:05GMT

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  • Mon 30 May 2011 08:05GMT
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