Born fighting : how the Scots-Irish shaped America James Webb

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, James, 1946 February 9-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots-Irish--United States--History.

Scots-Irish.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 369 p. ; 25 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Broadway Books, 2004.

Summary:

Traces the history and influence of the Scots-Irish in America, following their odyssey from their native Scotland, through their settlement in Northern Ireland, to their migration to America in the eighteenth century.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Rulers and rednecks. Big Moccasin Gap

The radical individualists

pt. 2. The making of a people

and a nation. Hadrian's Wall

Tribalism versus feudalism : the Celtic tie of kinship

Braveheart

Bannockburn

pt. 3. The Ulster Scots. The Ulster plantation

Border warriors

and Bible beaters

The problem children of Ulster

Londonderry. The Boyne. Exodus

pt. 4. The spirit of a revolution. Roots

Pioneers and radicals

Preachers and warriors

pt. 5. Rise and fall : the heart of the South. Westward, ho

Old Hickory

The winds of war

Attack and die

pt. 6. Reconstruction. Diaspora. Reeducation? The mess the Yankees made

Fight. Sing. Drink. Pray

Poor but proud

and stubborn as hell

Hillbilly highways

pt. 7. Refections : the unspeakable circle. Glad soldiers, accidental scholars

The invisible people

Rites of passage : the legacy of Camel Six

Kensett, Arkansas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Webb, James H. Born fighting.

ISBN:

0767916883 (alk. paper)

9780767916882 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

54691871

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