Stephen Brown

Elizabeth Hirschman

Pauline Maclaran

This in-depth analysis examines how and why Southern culture was forever changed when Scotch-Irish immigrants flooded the Appalachian Mountains in the 1700s. Geographical similarities between Southern Appalachia and the Highlands of Scotland and Ireland are discussed, as well as the parallels and differences of the two cultures in four basic areas—music and dance, agricultural practices, fighting and hunting techniques, and technological innovativeness. More than 300 years of the communities' ideology is explored based on data culled from ethnographic observation, interviews at various heritage sites, historic accounts, archived letters, and other textual documentation.

The Scotch-Irish in Southern Appalachia

Two Continents, One Culture

Exploring the rich American mythology, the author delves deeply into movies and television to trace the symbols, paradigms, characters, and plot-lines that comprise the nation's "active myths."

Elizabeth Hirschman

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