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Two Continents, One Culture: The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #927345 in Books
- Published on: 2007-03-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 170 pages
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Synopsis
This in-depth analysis examines how and why Southern culture was forever changed when Scotch-Irish immigrants flooded the Appalachian Mountains in the 1700s. Geographical similarities between Southern Appalachia and the Highlands of Scotland and Ireland are discussed, as well as the parallels and differences of the two cultures in four basic areas - music and dance, agricultural practices, fighting and hunting techniques, and technological innovativeness. Over 300 years of the communities' ideology is explored based on data culled from ethnographic observation, interviews at various heritage sites, historic accounts, archived letters, and other textual documentation.
