Cracker Culture [[electronic resource] ] : Celtic Ways in the Old South

• Autore: McWhiney Grady
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.5690975; 975.03; 975/.03
• Soggetto topico: Southern States -- Civilization -- 1775-1865; Southern States -- Civilization -- Celtic influences; United States -- Southern states -- Poor white persons -- Social conditions, 1865-1970; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology; United States Local History
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Civilization Celtic influences; Southern States Civilization 1775-1865
• Persona (resp. second.): McDonaldForrest
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cracker Culture
• ISBN: 0-8173-8452-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790284003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II