Cracker culture : Celtic ways in the Old South / Grady McWhiney ; with a prologue by Forrest McDonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWhiney, Grady.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Southern States.

Material culture.

Southern States--Civilization--Celtic influences.

Southern States.

Southern States--Civilization--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Other Title:

Celtic ways in the Old South

Celtic ways in the Old South.

Place of Publication:

University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cracker Culture is a provocative study of social life in the Old South that probes the origin of cultural differences between the South and the North throughout American history. Among Scotch-Irish settlers the term "Cracker" initially designated a person who boasted, but in American usage the word has come to designate poor whites. McWhiney uses the term to define culture rather than to signify an economic condition. Although all poor whites were Crackers, not all Crackers were poor whites; both, however, were Southerners. The author insists that Southerners and North

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Prologue; I. Settlement; II. Heritage; III. Herding; IV. Hospitality; V. Pleasures; VI. Violence; VII. Morals; VIII. Education; IX. Progress; X. Worth; XI. Collision; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8452-9

OCLC:

785811812