Cracker culture [electronic resource] : Celtic ways in the old South

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWhiney, Grady.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--Civilization--1775-1865.

Southern States--Civilization--Celtic influences.

United States--Southern states--Poor white persons--Social conditions, 1865-1970.

Local Subjects:

Southern States--Civilization--1775-1865.

Southern States--Civilization--Celtic influences.

United States--Southern states--Poor white persons--Social conditions, 1865-1970.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2012.

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.

ISBN:

0-585-11972-4

OCLC:

785811812