02601nam 2200601Ia 450 991082639960332120200520144314.00-8173-8452-9(CKB)2670000000178268(EBL)889037(OCoLC)785811812(SSID)ssj0000633775(PQKBManifestationID)12260502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633775(PQKBWorkID)10620972(PQKB)11377961(SSID)ssj0000131679(PQKBManifestationID)11148809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131679(PQKBWorkID)10027951(PQKB)11698279(MiAaPQ)EBC889037(EXLCZ)99267000000017826819860617d1988 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCracker culture Celtic ways in the Old South /Grady McWhiney ; with a prologue by Forrest McDonaldUniversity, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc19881 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0328-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 NorthCeltic ways in the Old SouthMaterial cultureSouthern StatesSouthern StatesCivilizationCeltic influencesSouthern StatesCivilization1775-1865Material culture305.5690975975.03975/.03McWhiney Grady1621205MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826399603321Cracker Culture4029701UNINA