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245 00 $aUlster and North America :$btransatlantic perspectives on the Scotch-Irish /$cedited by H. Tyler Blethen and Curtis W. Wood, Jr. ; with a foreword by T.G. Fraser.
260 $aTuscaloosa :$bUniversity of Alabama Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axii, 283 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c25 cm
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500 $a"This project had its origins in the early stages of the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium"--Pref.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index.
505 00 $tForeword: The Ulster-American Heritage Symposium: A Retrospect /$rT. G. Fraser --$g1.$tIntroduction /$rH. Tyler Blethen and Curtis W. Wood, Jr. --$g2.$tProphecy and Prophylaxis: A Paradigm for the Scotch-Irish? /$rEdward J. Cowan --$g3.$tUlster Presbyterians: Religion, Culture, and Politics, 1660-1850 /$rS. C. Connolly --$g4.$tThe Demographic History of Ulster, 1750-1841 /$rWilliam Macafee --$g5.$tThe Household Economy in Early Rural America and Ulster: The Question of Self-Sufficiency /$rVivienne Pollock --$g6.$tUlster Emigration to North America, 1680-1720 /$rGraeme Kirkham --$g7.$tPhiladelphia Here I Come: A Study of the Letters of Ulster Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1750-1875 /$rTrevor Parkhill --$g8.$tThe Scotch-Irish and Immigrant Culture on Amherst Island, Ontario /$rCatharine Anne Wilson --$g9.$tScotch-Irish Landscapes in the Ozarks /$rRussel L. Gerlach --$g10.$tLand, Ethnicity, and Community at the Opequon Settlement, Virginia, 1730-1800 /$rWarren R. Hofstra --
505 80 $g11.$tThe Scotch-Irish Element in Appalachian English: How Broad? How Deep? /$rMichael B. Montgomery --$g12.$tScotch-Irish Frontier Society in Southwestern North Carolina, 1780-1840 /$rH. Tyler Blethen and Curtis W. Wood, Jr.
520 $aUlster and North America addresses the complex issues of Scotch-Irish (or Ulster Scots) history and ethnic identity by viewing them from a transatlantic and comparative perspective. The eleven essays, originally presented at meetings of the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium by scholars from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and the United States, examine values, traditions, demographics, and language.
520 8 $aThey also investigate the process of migration, which transmitted that culture to North America, and the subsequent adaptation within American culture.
520 8 $aThis diverse collection of essays emphasizes several themes. First is the dynamic nature of Ulster society in the 17th and 18th centuries and the rapid changes occurring there, especially affecting Presbyterianism and community cohesiveness, which shaped the motives for migration to the New World. Another theme is the experience of migration, asking who migrated, when they went, what their expectations were, and how closely colonial reality matched those expectations.
520 8 $aA third theme is the development of economic strategies and community-building both in Ulster and in North America, making important contributions to the "new rural history" and explaining the success of the Scotch-Irish on the new American frontier. A final theme is ethnic identity and cultural diffusion, advancing the ongoing debate initiated by Forrest McDonald and Grady McWhiney and elaborated on by David Hackett Fischer.
520 8 $aThe contributors to this volume present a unique combination of resources and methodologies including history, genealogical group and community studies, linguistics, demographics, and cultural geography. In emphasizing the diversity of the Scotch-Irish experience, they make clear how inappropriate previous single-model efforts have been in explaining the history of this elusive group.
520 8 $aThe new research presented here illustrates the value of transatlantic dialogue and of comparative studies firmly based on local and regional studies for the understanding of ethnicity and migration history.
650 0 $aScots-Irish$zNorth America$xHistory$vCongresses.
651 0 $aUlster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)$xCivilization$vCongresses.
651 0 $aUlster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory$vCongresses.
700 1 $aBlethen, Tyler.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84003743
700 1 $aWood, Curtis,$cJr.,$d1941-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84003744
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