The Scotch-Irish : a social history.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leyburn, James Graham.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Ireland.

Scots.

Scots-Irish--United States.

Scots-Irish.

Scotland--Social conditions.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1962.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: THE SCOT IN 1600""; ""CHAPTER 1. Poverty and Insecurity""; ""CHAPTER 2. Domestic Life of the Lowland Scot""; ""CHAPTER 3. Scottish Social Institutions in 1600""; ""CHAPTER 4. Religion in Scotland""; ""A. Before the Reformation""; ""B. The Reform and After""; ""CHAPTER 5. The Mind and Character of the Lowlander""; ""PART II: THE SCOTS IN IRELAND""; ""CHAPTER 6. The Plantation of Ulster, 1610 and After""; ""CHAPTER 7. Causes of the Scottish Migration""; ""A. Economic""; ""B. Religious""

""CHAPTER 8. The Pioneer Scots in Ulster, 1606-1634""""CHAPTER 9. The Hard Years, 1634�1690""; ""CHAPTER 10. Intermarriage with the Irish""; ""CHAPTER 11. The Character of the Ulster Scot""; ""PART III: THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA""; ""CHAPTER 12. The Migration""; ""CHAPTER 13. Scotch-Irish Settlements""; ""A. Southeastern Pennsylvania""; ""B. The Valley of Virginia""; ""C. The Upper Carolinas""; ""D. Indian Menace to Settlement""; ""E. Smaller Settlements of Scotch-Irish""; ""CHAPTER 14. Frontier Society""; ""CHAPTER 15. The Presbyterian Church""

""CHAPTER 16. The Scotch-Irish in Politics"" ""CHAPTER 17. Final Estimate""; ""Appendix I: The Name ""Scotch-Irish""""; ""Appendix II: Important Events in Scottish History""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890866264

9798893130799

9780807888919

0807888915

OCLC:

907073680