New England Yankee

E47329

cultural stereotype ethnoregional group regional identity

New England Yankee refers to a traditional New Englander of early English colonial descent, often associated with frugality, self-reliance, and a strong regional identity in the northeastern United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New England Yankee canonical	11
Yankee	8
Down East Yankee	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural stereotype ⓘ ethnoregional group ⓘ regional identity ⓘ
associatedWithClass	rural middle class ⓘ small-town merchants ⓘ
associatedWithCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
associatedWithOccupation	craftspeople ⓘ farmers ⓘ fishermen ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	New England ⓘ
associatedWithState	Connecticut ⓘ Maine ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ Rhode Island ⓘ Vermont ⓘ
associatedWithValue	civic duty ⓘ community responsibility ⓘ education ⓘ localism ⓘ
contrastedWith	Midwestern farmer ⓘ Southern gentleman ⓘ
culturalSymbolOf	American colonial heritage ⓘ old New England ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin	English ⓘ
hasNotableRepresentationIn	American literature ⓘ local color writing ⓘ regional humor ⓘ
hasPrimaryAncestry	early English colonial settlers in New England ⓘ
hasReputationFor	frugality ⓘ independence ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ reserve ⓘ self-reliance ⓘ thrift ⓘ understatement ⓘ work ethic ⓘ
historicalOriginCentury	17th century ⓘ
historicalOriginPeriod	colonial era ⓘ
languageVariant	New England English ⓘ
linkedToReligion	Congregationalism ⓘ Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Puritanism ⓘ
relatedTerm	New England Yankee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Down East Yankee New England Yankee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yankee Yankee farmer ⓘ
stereotypedTrait	dry humor ⓘ emphasis on saving ⓘ laconic speech ⓘ suspicion of extravagance ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Greenleaf Whittier → hasHeritage → New England Yankee ⓘ

Eli Whitney → heritage → New England Yankee ⓘ

Sophia Peabody → ethnicGroup → New England Yankee ⓘ

New England Yankee → relatedTerm → New England Yankee self-linksurface differs ⓘ