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The true image : gravestone art and the culture of Scotch Irish settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina backcountry Daniel W. Patterson
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA NB 1803 .U6 P38 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, Daniel W. (Daniel Watkins), 1928-
- Series:
- Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture & the decorative arts
- The Richard Hampton Jenrette series in architecture and the decorative arts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sepulchral monuments--North Carolina.
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Sepulchral monuments--South Carolina.
- Sepulchral monuments--Pennsylvania.
- Scots-Irish--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Scots-Irish.
- Scots-Irish--South Carolina--Social life and customs.
- Scots-Irish--Pennsylvania--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 481 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- The immigrant craftsmen in Pennsylvania
- The stonecutters' world in the Carolinas
- The Bigham workshop and nearby Scotch Irish stonecutters
- Reading Scotch Irish emblems
- Seeing Scotch Irish inscriptions
- The Scotch Irish in the light of legends
- Reflections on the stonecutters' world
- The Scotch Irish in slave economy and landgrab.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-470) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- The Lamberton Scots-Irish Collection
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- The Scotch-Irish Foundation Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9780807835678 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807835676 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 773811654
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